Prevalence of depression and its related factors in retirees of Ahwaz National Oil Company

TITLE: Frequency of depression and its related factors in the retireded older referred to the Center for the Retired-Ahwaz-NIOC-2014     Abstraet Goal and purpose: World population is aging and depression is one of the most prevalent psychiatric problems in elderly. This study aimed to deiermine prevalence of depression and its relate factors in the Ahwaz NIOC retired members Method of study: This study is a cross sectional and correlational study which has been implemented. On366 retired elderly of Ahvaz NIOC Twelve invalidated questionnaires and 354 elderly people were studied. The GDS- 11 items questionnaire was used for recognition of 61 depressed cases which selected by Convenient Sampling. A questionnaire designed based on review literature by the present researchers was used to gather information on the related factors.  The data analysed using   chi squared, T test and logestic regression. Findings: The frequency of depression was 17.2%. A significant relation found between depression and education level (P=0/015), living arrangements (P=0/017), home ownership (P=0/038) and leisure time (P=0/017). Conclusions: Paying more attention to low educated, living alone and people who are not the owner of their accommodation may help in preventing depression. Periodic screening for depression can be helpful. Also providing more facilities for the leisure activities of the retired is recommended. Keywords: Depression, elderly, retired, Ahwaz NIOC