Resilience, quality of life and symptoms of depression among elderlies receiving outpatient care.
Gabriella Santos Lima, Isabela Maria Oliveira Souza, Luana Baldin Storti and 3 others
PMID 31664416WHAT IT FOUND
Most older adults attending a geriatric clinic had depression symptoms.
Higher resilience was linked to better quality of life and fewer depression symptoms.
Key findings
01Most older adults in the sample had depression symptoms: 95 had CES-D scores above 11.
02Resilience was moderately associated with elderly-specific quality of life and weakly associated with general quality of life.
03Resilience was negatively associated with depression symptoms, and participants without depression symptoms had higher resilience scores.
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What it does not show
The sample was a convenience sample from one geriatric outpatient clinic, so it may not represent all older adults. No sample calculation was performed, and the authors state the sample is not representative. The cross-sectional design measured variables at one time, so it cannot show that resilience causes better quality of life or fewer depression symptoms. Participants had to communicate verbally and have preserved cognitive status, and institutionalized people and some with hearing or speech problems were excluded, so results may not apply to people with more severe cognitive, sensory, or communication impairment.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read resilience as a proven protective treatment. The study found associations at one time in a clinic sample, so it cannot show that raising resilience will improve quality of life or reduce depression symptoms.