Subthreshold Depression and Clinically Significant Depression in an Italian Population of 70–74-Year-Olds: Prevalence and Association with Perceptions of Self
Table 2
Comorbidity, neuropsychological, and self-perception variables in elderly subjects with subthreshold depression (SD), with clinically significant depression (D), and without depression (noD).
SD ()
D ()
noD ()
Comorbidity Index (range 0–13), median (iqr†)
2 (3–1)
3 (4–2)
2 (3–1)
0.0001
MMSE total score (range 0–30), median (iqr†)
28 (29–27)
27 (29–26)
29 (29–27)
0.002
CDT total score (range 0–20),
<0.0001
Self-perception of health status, (%)
<0.0001
Poor
3 (2%)
5 (7%)
6 (1%)
Fair
101 (51%)
46 (67%)
265 (27%)
Good
93 (47%)
18 (26%)
714 (72%)
Self-perception of mental age, (%)
<0.0001
Equal to actual age
88 (45%)
19 (28%)
547 (56%)
Younger than actual age
80 (41%)
36 (53%)
395 (40%)
Older than actual age
29 (15%)
13 (19%)
37 (4%)
Self-perception of physical age, (%)
<0.0001
Equal to actual age
60 (31%)
12 (18%)
482 (49%)
Younger than actual age
90 (46%)
33 (49%)
444 (45%)
Older than actual age
45 (23%)
22 (33%)
53 (6%)
Satisfaction with relationships with family, (%)
<0.0001
Satisfied
180 (92%)
59 (83%)
996 (98%)
Not satisfied
15 (8%)
12 (17%)
18 (2%)
Satisfaction with relationships with friends, (%)
<0.0001
Satisfied
164 (87%)
42 (65%)
885 (91%)
Not satisfied
25 (13%)
23 (35%)
84 (9%)
Number of negative life events,
<0.0001
Stress score (range 1–3), median ()
5 (7–3)
5 (8–3)
3 (5–2)
0.0001
Feeling score (range 1–5), median ()
8 (12–5)
9 (13–5)
6 (9–3)
0.0001
range. values are for F or Kruskal-Wallis rank test or Pearson’s chi-square test.
