Journal article
A comparison of Geriatric Depression Scale scores in older Australian and Japanese women
KE Campbell, L Dennerstein, M Tacey, N Fujise, M Ikeda, C Szoeke
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | Published : 2017
Abstract
Aims: The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of depressive symptoms in Australian and Japanese populations of community-dwelling older women using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). In addition, the relationship between lifestyle and health factors and higher ratings of depressive symptoms was also examined to determine if there were culturally consistent risk factors associated with higher depressive symptom scores. Methods: A total of 444 community based women aged between 65 and 77 years completed a depressive symptom measure (GDS-15) and provided information on common lifestyle factors. The Australian sample (n = 222) were drawn from the Women's Healthy Ageing Project ..
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Awarded by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Funding Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne for providing funding and support to the PhD Candidate. Authors would like to acknowledge the ongoing support of the National Health and Medical Research Council. Dr Fujise and Professor Ikeda received support for their project as part of an investigation for strengthening regional emergency against suicide, funded through the Cabinet office in Japan.