Komahashi T, Ganesan S, Ohmori K, Nakano T
Department of Psychiatry, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Can J Psychiatry. 1997 Oct;42(8):852-7. doi: 10.1177/070674379704200808.
To investigate differences of expression regarding depressed mood between Japanese and Canadian aged people.
The Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (SDS) was applied to people aged 65 and over in Ohira, Japan, and Steveston, British Columbia, Canada.
The number of subjects who filled out the SDS completely was 2180 for the Japanese sample and 183 for the Canadian sample. The mean SDS indexes of the Japanese and the Canadian samples were 44.03 and 44.34, respectively. The Canadian sample showed a higher average score in 11 items out of 20, whereas the Japanese sample showed a higher score on only 4 items. The factor analysis of those samples showed only small differences.
The Canadian sample showed a higher average score in more items compared with the Japanese sample. This indicates that Canadian aged people express their depressed moods more clearly and spontaneously than Japanese aged people.
调查日本和加拿大老年人在抑郁情绪表达方面的差异。
对日本大平地区以及加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省斯蒂夫斯顿65岁及以上的人群应用zung自评抑郁量表（SDS）。
日本样本中完整填写SDS的受试者有2180人，加拿大样本中有183人。日本和加拿大样本的SDS平均指数分别为44.03和44.34。在20项中有11项加拿大样本的平均分更高，而日本样本仅在4项上得分更高。对这些样本的因子分析显示差异很小。
与日本样本相比，加拿大样本在更多项目上平均分更高。这表明加拿大老年人比日本老年人更清晰、更自然地表达他们的抑郁情绪。
