The Relations Among Physical Indicators, Cognitive Status, Community Participation, and Depression of the Frail Male Elderly in Taiwan.
This study explored the basic attributes, physiological indices, cognitive states, and community participation of older male outpatients with frailty for predicting depression. Questionnaires were collected using purposive sampling from a medical clinic in a teaching hospital in northern Taiwan. One hundred and ninety frail men enrolled as participants. The results revealed that older male adults with frailty, the age, residence, income, self-reported health status, alcohol consumption, total instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) scores in physiological indices, IADL grouping, cognitive state score, each Mini-Mental State Examination category, and involvement and dedication scores exhibited statistical differences from depression scores. Depression determinants, such as an excellent and normal self-reported health status and IADL total score, could predict the depression status of male older adults with frailty. Nursing personnel should assess the self-reported health status and self-care ability of male older adults with frailty early to prevent or delay geriatric depression.
['Lin|Hsiang-Chun|HC|', 'Chang|Shu-Fang|SF|0000-0002-1722-1905', 'Chen|Yen-Hung|YH|']
D000203:Activities of Daily Living D000368:Aged D003071:Cognition D003256:Community Participation D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies D016330:Frail Elderly D015577:Geriatric Assessment D006801:Humans D008297:Male D013624:Taiwan
community participation male cognitive state frailty depression status physiological index