School of Nursing, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Dec 12;19(24):16683. doi: 10.3390/ijerph192416683.
Various studies have highlighted the correlation between social frailty and depressive symptoms in the elderly. However, evidence of how these two domains influence each other is not clear. The purpose of this scoping review is to summarize the current literature examining social frailty and depressive symptoms.
We conducted a scoping review allowing for the inclusion of multiple methodologies to examine the extent and range of this research topic.
The search initially yielded 617 results, 14 of which met the inclusion criteria. Five studies were identified from China, six were identified from Japan, two were identified from Korea, one was identified from Ghana, and one was from Asia. The evidence reviewed indicated that five studies met category 5 criteria, and the others met level 3 criteria. The findings from these studies showed that there is a significant relationship between social frailty and depressive symptoms.
This scoping review shows that worse social frailty contributes to a significant degree of depression. Further research on screening social frailty and possible interventions in community and medical settings to prevent the elderly from developing depressive symptoms is needed.
多项研究强调了老年人社会脆弱性和抑郁症状之间的相关性。然而，这两个领域如何相互影响的证据尚不清楚。本综述的目的是总结目前关于社会脆弱性和抑郁症状的研究文献。
我们进行了范围综述，允许纳入多种方法来研究该研究主题的范围和程度。
最初的搜索产生了 617 个结果，其中 14 个符合纳入标准。有 5 项研究来自中国，6 项研究来自日本，2 项研究来自韩国，1 项研究来自加纳，1 项研究来自亚洲。综述的证据表明，有 5 项研究符合第 5 类标准，其余研究符合第 3 类标准。这些研究的结果表明，社会脆弱性和抑郁症状之间存在显著关系。
本综述表明，社会脆弱性越差，抑郁程度越严重。需要进一步研究在社区和医疗环境中筛查社会脆弱性和可能的干预措施，以防止老年人出现抑郁症状。
