Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Kakenhi)
"Risk Factors and Effectiveness of Group Work Therapy for Depression
among Community-dwelling Elderly; a Cohort Study"
Project Leader: WADA, Taizo
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Major depression is estimated to be a second leading cause of disability
worldwide by 2050 and it is obvious there is no health without mental health.
We clarified that depression among the community-dwelling elderly was significantly
associated with lower activities of daily living and quality of life in
rural Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar. This study intends to meet
new challenges which are emerging from a previous study; "Prevalence
of depression and its risk factors among the communitydwelling elderly
-Cohort study of Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (Kiban C; Fiscal Year
2005-2007)." The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness
of group work therapy for depression among community-dwelling elderly.
Study participants are to be the elderly living in the community Tosa,
Kochi, and residential care homes in Kyoto.
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