TY - JOUR AU - Ponce, Christian AU - Viteri-Condori, Luigui AU - Ramos-Martínez, Pablo AU - Nieto-Gutiérrez, Wendy AU - Cueva-Velazco, Jesus PY - 2020/03/25 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - 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 JF - Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana JA - Rev.Fac.Med.Hum VL - 20 IS - 2 SE - Original Papers DO - 10.25176/RFMH.v20i2.2881 UR - http://revistas.urp.edu.pe/index.php/RFMH/article/view/2881 SP - 1 AB - <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>: &nbsp;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.&nbsp;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> ER -