A Study on Personal Lifestyles and Depression State of Residents in a Farming Village / 日本農村医学会雑誌

ABSTRACT

To elucidate the correlation between personal behavior patterns (PBPs) and depression, we made a survey of middle-ages and elderly residents in a certain town for mental health promotion and prevention of depression. We performed not only a univariate analysis but also a multivariate analysis to compare the strength of correlation between PBPs and depression by controlling the confounding factors of age and gender.<BR>1) Univariate analysis<BR>Univariate analysis revealed that the PBPs that were positively related to depression (i. e., in which odds ratio was significantly greater than 1) were sleeping insufficient hours (≤6 hours), taking poorly balanced diet, and skipping breakfast.<BR>In males, the PBPs positively related to depression were having poorly balanced diet and sleeping insufficient hours, while in females they were insufficient sleeping hours, poorly balanced diet, and no breakfast.<BR>2) Multivariate analysis<BR>Multivariate analysis, used to control confounding factors, revealed that the PBPs positively related to depression (for which relative risk was singnificantly greater than 1) were insufficient sleeping hours and poorly balanced diet.<BR>In males, poorly balanced diet was positively related to depression, while in females both insuffisient sleeping hours and poorly balanced diet were related to depression.