[ABSTRACT] Depression has been considered the most relevant worldwide health problem in patients over sixty years. A qualitative type study was carried out, using the Focal Group Technique in Previsora Health Care Area of Camagüey Municipality, with the purpose of konowing those senescents?criteria with regard to the form depression in elderly age is perceived and related to that stage. Two types of focal groups were used, one of senescents supposedly healthy and the other of those with a diagn