Kivelä S L, Nissinen A, Tuomilehto J, Pekkanen J, Punsar S, Lammi U K, Puska P
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1986 Jan;73(1):93-100. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1986.tb02673.x.
The prevalence of depressive and other symptoms were studied in Finnish men aged 65 to 84 years and living either in eastern (n = 310) or in southwestern (n = 378) Finland. The Zung self-rating depression scale showed depressed affect, fatigue and suicidal thoughts to be more common in the east, but indecisiveness to be more prevalent in the south-west. The mean of the sum scores in the Zung scale was 37.8 (+/- 8.4) for the eastern and 37.2 (+/- 8.3) for the south-western population, and no differences were found between the areas in this respect. However, many of the other symptoms, including somatic and psychosomatic (such as pains, dyspnea, nausea, impaired memory, apathy, itching skin and sight disturbances) were more common among men living in eastern Finland. The former findings support the idea that there are differences in the affects between men living in the east and men living in the south-west, but, as a whole, depressive symptoms are equally prevalent in both elderly male populations. The latter finding may reflect the well-known differences in the prevalences of somatic diseases between these two areas.
对年龄在65至84岁之间、居住在芬兰东部（n = 310）或西南部（n = 378）的男性的抑郁及其他症状的患病率进行了研究。zung自评抑郁量表显示，情绪低落、疲劳和自杀念头在东部更为常见，但犹豫不决在西南部更为普遍。zung量表总分的平均值，东部人群为37.8（±8.4），西南部人群为37.2（±8.3），在这方面两个地区未发现差异。然而，许多其他症状，包括躯体和身心症状（如疼痛、呼吸困难、恶心、记忆力减退、冷漠、皮肤瘙痒和视力障碍）在居住在芬兰东部的男性中更为常见。前者的研究结果支持了这样一种观点，即居住在东部的男性和居住在西南部的男性在情感方面存在差异，但总体而言，抑郁症状在这两个老年男性人群中同样普遍。后者的发现可能反映了这两个地区在躯体疾病患病率方面众所周知的差异。
