Study of correlation between frailty and depression in elderly people in Xinjiang
Objective To explore the correlation between frailty and depression of the elderly people in Xinjiang,and to provide ref-erence for health management of elderly people in community.Methods Stratified sampling method was used to select community elder-ly aged 65 years and above for cross-sectional survey.The survey tools included general information questionnaire,Self-rating Geriat-ric Depression Scale,Activities of daily Living Scale and Fried Frailty Phenotype Scale.A total of 2000 elderly participants were in-cluded in this study,with 1072 subjects ultimately selected for statistical analysis.Results Among 1,072 elderly patients,the preva-lence of preasthenia(n=546)was 57.1%,while the prevalence of asthenia(n=261)was 27.4%.Frailty showed a positive correlation with depression(P<0.01).Elderly individuals without frailty had a lower risk of depression compared to those in the prefrailty and frailty stages(both P<0.01).Conclusion There was a positive correlation between frailty and depression among the elderly in Xinji-ang.The prevalence of depression and weakness in elderly people of Xinjiang community is high,and the weakness and weakness phe-notype is closely related to depression mood.The risk of depression increases with the increase of frailty,so it is necessary to take ac-tive measures to improve the depression of the elderly and promote healthy aging in Xinjiang.
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