J Korean Geriatr Psychiatry.  2016 Apr;20(1):16-19. 10.0000/jkgp.2016.20.1.16.

The Relationship between Late-Life Depression and Resilience

• Jang M
• Hong CH
• Chang KJ
• Han C
• Jeon SW
• Roh HW
• Noh JS
• Chung YK
• Lim KY
• Kim DS
• Son SJ

• KMID: 2186120
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.0000/jkgp.2016.20.1.16

Abstract

OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between late-life depression and resilience in the Korean community-dwelling elderly with depression.
METHODS
The subjects were 102 depressed elderly people who lived in Suwon and Gwangju, Korea. Each subject was administered the questionnaires regarding the socio-demographic characteristics, Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination for Dementia Screening (MMSE-DS), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale-Korean version (SGDS-K).
RESULTS
In a cross-sectional aspect, BRS score were negatively correlated with SGDS-K score in the Pearson's correlation test (r=-0.301, p=0.002). After multivariable adjustments, linear mixed model analysis showed that subjects with baseline higher BRS score had significantly lesser SGDS-K score (β=-0.16, p=0.006).
CONCLUSION
The level of resilience should be considered in predicting the change of depressive symptoms in the elderly.

Keyword

Elderly; Resilience; Depression

MeSH Terms

Aged
Dementia
Depression*
Gwangju
Gyeonggi-do
Humans
Korea
Mass Screening