Factores asociados al trastorno depresivo en adultos mayores peruanos

Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors associated with depressive disorder among Peruvian older adults over 60 years of age.Materials methods: An observational, analytical cross-sectional study was conducted based on a secondary analysis 2019 Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar (ENDES - National Demographic Family Health Survey),administered at national level by Instituto Nacional Estadística e Informática del Perú (INEI Institute Statistics Informatics Peru). The sample consisted 4,174 adults. main variable suffering from (depressed/not depressed) independent variables were age, sex, educational level, wealthquintile (classified into five levels wealth), area residence as urban/rural), geographic domain Lima Metropolitan Area, rest coast, highlands jungle), health coverage insured/uninsured), alcohol consumption (yes/no), smoking (yes/no) presence disability (yes/no). Analyses absoluteand relative frequencies, differences in proportions multivariate using generalized linear models (GLM) performed.Results: accounted for 13.18 % 7.86 %, respectively. Older males less likely to suffer (PRa = 0.602; 95 CI: 0.513-0.706) than females, group over85 age showed higher risk those 74 1.664; 1.304-2.124). Besides, not presenting behaved preventive factor 0.542; 0.440-0.668), while wealth quintile, starting “Middle” protective when taking categories "No education" "The poorest" reference, respectively (p < 0.005). Conclusions: Belonging 85 being female, lower quintiles, having Peruvians