@article{Ponce_Viteri-Condori_Ramos-Martínez_Nieto-Gutiérrez_Cueva-Velazco_2020, title={Prevalence and factors associated with depressive symptomatology in older adults of the “Micaela Bastidas” health center, Lima-Peru: Prevalencia y factores asociados a sintomatología depresiva en adultos mayores del centro de salud “Micaela Bastidas” Lima-Perú}, volume={20}, url={http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/2881}, DOI={10.25176/RFMH.v20i2.2881}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective</strong>: To evaluate the factors associated with depression in older adults in a marginal urban area of ​​Peru. <strong>Material and methods</strong>:  It is a cross-sectional analytical study in adults over 60 years of age in a marginal urban area of ​​Lima. The dependent variable was evaluated using the geriatric depression scale of 15 items, the presence of depression with a score ≥ 6 was considered. The factors associated with depression were calculated using raw and adjusted prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) using poisson regressions with robust variance. <strong>Results</strong>: Of the 142 older adults with an average age and standard deviation was 70.4 ± 8.14. The prevalence of the presence of depression was 55.6% (women 39.6% and men 53.4%). The lack of schooling (RPa: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.04 - 1.88) and not working (RPa: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.09 - 2.05) were risk factors that increased the presence of depression. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: The prevalence of depression in older adults in a marginal urban area of ​​Peru was high. Older adults who did not complete their schooling and did not work were more likely to develop depression.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana}, author={Ponce, Christian and Viteri-Condori, Luigui and Ramos-Martínez, Pablo and Nieto-Gutiérrez, Wendy and Cueva-Velazco, Jesus}, year={2020}, month={Mar.}, pages={1} }