A study of the relationship between depression symptom and physical performance in elderly women
- Authors
- Lee, Yang Chool
- Issue Date
- Dec-2015
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC EXERCISE REHABILITATION
- Keywords
- Physical performance; Depression symptom; Elderly women
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF EXERCISE REHABILITATION, v.11, no.6, pp.367 - 371
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF EXERCISE REHABILITATION
- Volume
- 11
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 367
- End Page
- 371
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/9849
- DOI
- 10.12965/jer.150257
- ISSN
- 2288-176X
- Abstract
- Depression is a general public health problem; there is an association between regular exercise or vigorous physical activity and depression. Physical activity has positive physical, mental, and emotional effects. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between depression symptom and physical performance in elderly women. A total of 173 elderly women aged 65 to 80 participated in this study. We evaluated elderly women using the 6-min walk, grip-strength, 30-sec arm curl, 30-sec chair stand, 8-foot up and go, back scratch, and chair sit and reach, and unipedal stance, measured the body mass index (BMI), and depression symptom assessed using Korean version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-K). The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, paired t-tests, and simple linear regression using IBM SPSS Statistics ver. 21.0. There were signifi-cant correlations between GDS-K and the 6-min walk, 30-sec chair stand, 30-sec arm curl, chair sit and reach, 8-foot up and go, and grip strength tests (P<0.05), but not BMI, back strength, and unipedal stance. When divided into two groups (GDS-K score >= 14 and GDS-K score <14), there was a difference between the two groups in the 6-min walk, 30-sec chair stand, 30-sec arm curl test, chair sit and reach, 8-foot up and go test, and grip strength test performances. Physical performance factors were strongly associated with depression symptom, suggesting that physical performance improvements may play an important role in preventing depression.
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