インド・ラダーク高所住民のGDS-15、老研式活動能力指標に対する回答の実態 : 高知県T町と比較して

Abstract

Geriatric Depression Scale-15(GDS-15)を用いて, ラダーク3 地域の心理的状況や社会・文化的背景を考察した. また実際の生活状況の違いも老研式活動能力指標を用いて検討し, 高知県T 町を参考値として比較した. GDS-15 において, ラダーク3地域と高知県T 町では回答の傾向に違いが見られた. 老研式活動能力指標において, 手段的自立の一部の質問や知的能動性の下位項目は, ラダーク3地域の地域特性にそぐわない可能性が示唆された. 一方, 社会的役割は, ラダーク3地域の実情を反映していると考えられる.

The aim of this study was to examine the results of answers of 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Index of Competence (TMIG-IC) among the elderly living in different 3 regions in highland Ladakh (Domkhar, Leh, Chanthang) in India and in Tosa town, Japan. There were different characteristics in answers in GDS-15 and in TMIG-IC among elderly in 3 regions in Ladakh and in Tosa town. Socio-cultural background affects on the results of internationally validated screening method for depression or for higher activities of daily living of the community-living were discussed. It seems that some questions of GDS-15 and instrumental activities of daily living and intellectual activity as subscales of TMIG-IC were strongly affected by the socio-cultural backgrounds in the regions.