| Summary: | 碩士 === 中山醫學大學 === 護理研究所 === 93 === The purpose of this study was to explore depression in older persons in Penghu, and identify the relationships between depression and demographic variable, activities of daily living and social support. In addition, the percentages of older persons with depression were compared from Geriatric Depression Scale-Short (GDS-SF) and Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire (TDQ). A cross-sectional correlational research design was employed. Simple random sampling was used to obtain 200 subjects who were 65 years of age and above to participate in the study. TDQ, GDS-SF, Activities of Daily Living Scale and Inventory of Socially Supportive Behavior were used to collect data. The statistics used data analysis included descriptive statistics, chi-square test, t-test, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation, and stepwise multiple regression. The findings of the study were: (1) The percentage of the participants with depression that was measured by GDS-SF was 34.5%, and 18.5% measured by TDQ. (2) It was significantly different between the percentages of older persons with depression measured by GDS-SF and TDQ. (3) Most of the participants performed activities of daily living independently. (4) Support from adult children was important resource of social support for older persons. Emotion support was primary type of social support provided by adult children.(5) Depressive symptoms were different in different gender, marital status, and illness status. Female, widowed, under-educated, and ill older persons were more depressive than those who were married, educated, and healthy. (6) Older persons who performed activities of daily living better were less depressive. (7) Older persons who had more social support were less depressive. (8) Satisfaction of social support, educated, activities of daily living, total social support and illness were the predictors of depression in older persons. These predictors explained 28.9% variance of depression. The findings of the study indicate that depression in older persons in Penghu is prevalent. Depression is affected by numerous factors. Health professional should assess physical and social aspects of older persons comprehensively so effective interventions could been administered to prevent older persons from depression
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