To explore the current status and influencing factors of self-management of depression in community residents, so as to provide clues and basis for promoting the mental health of community residents.

From June to August 2020, the residents of a community in Jining city in Shandong Province were selected as the survey objects, and 458 permanent residents were selected by simple random sampling method. The self-designed general data questionnaire, Depression Self-management Scale, General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) , Simple Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ) and Social Support Rating Scale (SSRS) were used to conduct cross-sectional survey, and structural equation was used to analyze the influencing factors of depression self-management of community residents. A total of 458 questionnaires were sent out and 443 were effectively received, with the effective recovery rate of 96.72%.

The depression self-management score of 443 community residents was (32.72±5.72) , GSES score was (23.47±5.12) , score of positive coping in SCSQ (2.07±0.51) , score of negative coping in SCSQ was (1.14±0.43) and total score of SSRS (32.89±3.43) . The structural equation model showed that the total effects of self-efficacy, positive coping, negative coping and social support on self-management of depression in community residents were respectively 0.45, 0.42, -0.52 and 0.37 (P<0.05) .

The depression self-management level of community residents is directly or indirectly affected by self-efficacy, coping styles and social support. When conducting mental health publicity and education in the community, it should be based on improving the self-efficacy of residents, coping styles and the level of social support to choose effective methods and content of publicity and education to promote the improvement of the self-management level of individual depression.

Depression; Community residents; Self-management; Structural equation model