A Community-Based Walk-In Screening of Depression in Taiwan

Table 4

Demographic characteristic of participants suspected depression* among aged participants^#.

N = 103
Recruited subjects	Northern; (N = 67)	Central; (N = 166)	Southern; (N = 359)	Eastern; (N = 180)	P value	Total; (N = 772)
Number; (n, %)	6; 9.0%	15; 9.0%	56; 15.6%	26; 14.4%	0.128	103; 13.3%
Age, years; (mean ± SD)	74.3 ± 8.9	73.4 ± 7.0	74.5 ± 7.0	77.2 ± 6.8	0.315	75.0 ± 7.1
Sex; (Female/n, %)	4; 66.7%	5; 33.3%	39; 69.6%	19; 73.1%	0.048	67; 65.1%
CES-D score; (mean ± SD)	25.8 ± 13.9	21.7 ± 5.6	21.9 ± 6.2	25.5 ± 8.3	0.141	23.0 ± 7.4

∗Defined as CES-D total score ≧16; ^#Age ≥65 y/o participants.