A Study on the Current Status of Depressive Symptoms and the Application of Physical Exercise Modalities among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

Abstract

As the rate of population aging continues to increase, geriatric depression, as one of the major public health problems in society, has attracted great attention. At present, the development of geriatric sports in China is insufficient, and the overall proportion of elderly people participating in physical exercise is low, especially the proportion of rural elderly people exercising is even lower than that of urban elderly people, all of which is not conducive to the play of the positive effects of physical exercise on the physical and mental health of the elderly. Adopting safe and feasible measures can bring great help to the management of depression among community-dwelling older adults. This paper analyses the current situation of depression among the elderly in community T, describes the physical exercise methods for the elderly with depression in community T, and explores the application effect of physical exercise methods for depression among the elderly in the community in combination with relevant data.