Depression And Demographic Factors

Depression is a serious chronic mental condition which the elderly report and it places a great burden on their families, health care system, and those specific individuals respectively. (Heeyoung, L., Jung-Ah, L., Brar, J. S., Rush, E. B., & Jolley, C. J. 2014, pg.1) On the other hand, physical activity may be beneficial in providing any sort of relief against depression. This article focuses on the relationship between depressive symptoms and physical activity with the exception of demographic factors. Furthermore, the article recognizes the associations between demographic physical activity levels and selected demographic factors for community dwelling older adults. (Heeyoung, L., Jung-Ah, L., Brar, J. S., Rush, E. B., & Jolley, C. J. 2014, pg.1) Participants data was drawn from the National health and Nutrition Examination survey (2005/2006) and other descriptive data analysis. The results indicated that 4% of participation reported symptoms …show more content…
Demographic factors such as chronic medications, age, and sedentary physical activity affected depressions and similarly age, race, education, BMI, smoking status, alcohol use and psychotrophs affected the sedentary physical activity.
The five comprehensive key points from this article are that physical activity can act as a protective factor, certain demographics age and chronic medical conditions are predictive symptoms of depression, sedentary is affected by psychotropic medicine, gender differences exist for depression rates among the elderly, and regular appointments with health care providers can be an advantageous