The prevalence of, and factors associated with, a risk of depression in residential aged care services residents: Findings from the FIRST study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Depression is common amongst Australian residential aged care services (RACS) residents. This study aimed to estimate the risk of depression amongst residents and identify factors associated with this risk. In care settings such as RACS, time-efficient screening tools to identify depression risk may be a preferred tool.

Methods

The two-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-2), derived from the nine-item PHQ-9 used commonly in the United States (US), was employed in this study. A resident was identified as being at risk of depression where the score was ≥3. Multivariable logistic regression analysis was used to identify independent factors associated with being at risk of depression.

Results

Residents' mean age was 87.7 (standard deviation: 7.3) years and 7

SUBMITTER: Sakai T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671712 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature