Correlation between social activity participation and self-neglect in the elderly with depression
Objective To explore the association between social activity participation and self-neglect in the elderly with depression.Methods Using stratified cluster sampling method and data from the Healthy Aging Cohort Study in Ma'anshan,648 elderly people with depression at baseline were select-ed as subjects.Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the correlation between social activity participation and self-neglect.Results The overall score of self-neglect in depressed elderly was(7.42± 5.10).After adjusting for confounding factors,participation in physical activity was a protective factor for overall self-neglect(OR=0.521,95％CI:0.359～0.758,P＜0.01)and in 3 dimensions of personal hy-giene self-neglect(OR=0.523,95％CI:0.332～0.822,P＜0.01),emotional self-neglect(OR=0.537,95％CI:0.364～0.793,P＜0.01),and social communication self-neglect(OR=0.486,95％CI:0.334～0.709,P＜0.001)in older adults.Participation in friendship and care interaction was a pro-tective factor for the overall self-neglect of the elderly(OR=0.622,95％CI:0.423～0.916,P＜0.05),which was also related to personal hygiene self-neglect(OR=0.438,95％CI:0.268～0.717,P＜0.01),safety self-neglect(OR=0.236,95％CI:0.138～0.403,P＜O.001)and social communication self-neglect(OR=0.510,95％CI:0.345～0.755,P＜0.01).Conclusions Social activity participa-tion has certain protective effects against self-neglect of the depressed elderly in Ma'anshan City.Howev-er,different social activity participation contents may have different influences.
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