Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment (Barc.). 2018;11(4):216---226 www.elsevier.es/saludmental ORIGINAL ARTICLE Depression and associated variables in people over 50 years in Spain  Cristina Portellano-Ortiz a,* , Josep Garre-Olmo b,c , Laia Calvó-Perxas b , Josep Lluís Conde-Sala a a Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain b Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Girona (IdIBGI), IAS Unidad de Investigación, Salt, Girona, Spain c Departamento de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Girona, Girona, Spain Received 19 January 2016; accepted 5 October 2016 Available online 10 November 2018 KEYWORDS Ageing; Depression; SHARE; EURO-D; Physical health Abstract Introduction: Depression is a common and disabling psychiatric disorder in adulthood and is associated with higher mortality and functional disability. Objectives: To determine the association between clinical and sociodemographic variables with depression in a sample of people over 50 years old living in Spain, and compare the prevalence of depression with the other Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARE) countries. Material and methods: There were 5830 participants in the Spanish sample of the Wave 5, 2013, of SHARE. Tools used: EURO-D (Depression) and CASP-12 (Quality of Life). Statistical analysis: bivariate, and binary logistic. Results: The variables associated with depression in the binary logistic regression (EURO-D ≥ 4) were poor self-perceived physical health (OR = 13.34; 95% CI: 9.74---18.27), having more than 2 difficulties in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (OR = 4.46; 95% CI: 3.13---6.34) and female gender (OR = 2.16; 95% CI: 1.83---2.56). Depression was more common among participants with Alzheimer (76.4%), emotional disorders (73.9%), Parkinson (57.4%), hip fracture (55.4%), and rheuma- tism (50.9%). Compared with other European countries, Spain had a percentage of people with depression (29.3%) that was higher than the European average (27.9%). Conclusions: The most important variables associated with depression were poor perceived physical health, presence of difficulties in ADL, and female gender. © 2016 SEP y SEPB. Published by Elsevier Espa˜ na, S.L.U. All rights reserved.  Please cite this article as: Portellano-Ortiz C, Garre-Olmo J, Calvó-Perxas L, Conde-Sala JL. Depresión y variables asociadas en personas mayores de 50 a˜ nos en Espa˜ na. Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment (Barc.). 2018;11:216---226. ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: cristina.portellano@ub.edu (C. Portellano-Ortiz). 2173-5050/© 2016 SEP y SEPB. Published by Elsevier Espa˜ na, S.L.U. All rights reserved.