ASSESSMENT OF ANTIETY-DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN MEN

Aim. To assess anxiety-depressive disorders and indicators of quality of life in men.

Materials and methods. The study included 540 men with hormonal disturbances in the form of an age-related androgen deficiency, 270 men, aged 44-54 years (mean age 51.1±2.3), including 150 with "-" and 120 with "+" variant, biological age and 270 men aged 55-64 years (mean age 59.2±2.4), of which 150 with "-" and 120 with "+" version of biological age. All patients, depending on the proposed variant of nutritional support and physical activity, were divided into three groups: the 1st (standard recommendations), the 2nd (standard recommendations, Scandinavian walking and daily walks for at least 30 minutes), the 3rd (standard recommendations, Scandinavian walking, daily walks for at least 30 minutes and nutritional support). Assessment of the degree of depression was carried out on the basis of the Beck scale. The quality of life was determined by the «SF-36 Health Status Survey», a visual analogue scale for assessing the anxiety-depressive syndrome.

Results. On the scale of assessing the level of depression, the level of anxiety-depressive syndrome in men, we obtained data on improving this indicator when using nutritional support. The maximum difference was noted in older persons with the "-" variant of BV, which confirms the fact that nutritional support reduces the degree of depression and the parameters of the anxiety-depressive syndrome. On the scale of assessing the level of psychological health, we obtained data on improving this indicator with nutritional support, but a significant difference was found only in comparison with patients who received neither nutritional support nor physical activity.

Conclusion. Nutritional support improves the parameters of quality of life in elderly men, especially in terms of general health, depression and social functioning.