Effect of life behavior on the depression in the elderly in Xi′an

Objective To explore effect and correlation of life behavior style on the depression in the elderly in Xi′an.Methods Sampling of 758 healthy old people with sixty years old and above in Xi′an were selected randomly.The elderly depressive symptoms was determined via elderly depression scale(GDS) as the main screening tool.Results Depressive symptoms of the elderly were related with the gender,educational level and type of job(P0.05).There was significant difference between the elderly depression and the secondhand smoking,doing housework,habits of sleeping,drinking and life style(P0.05).Among them,the secondhand smoke and doing housework had a positive correlation with the occurrences of elderly depressive symptoms(OR1).Gender,educational level,type of job and sleeping habits had a negative correlation with the occurrence of depressive symptoms(OR1).Conclusions Life style has some effect on occurrence of depression in the elderly in Xi′an.Something should be done to prevent the occurrence of depressive symptoms especially by improving the elderly daily life behavior.