Depression and its associated factors among elderly patients attending rural primary health care setting
| Autor: | Bllagumba Gangaboraiah, Muralidhar Madhusudan, Nugehally Raju Ramesh Masthi, Poulose Puthussery Yannick, Thittamaranahalli Varadappa Sanjay |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
Gerontology
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Rural health Public health Population Standard of living Anthropometry humanities 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Medicine Geriatric Depression Scale 030212 general & internal medicine business education Functional illiteracy 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Depression (differential diagnoses) |
| Zdroj: | International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health. 4:471 |
| ISSN: | 2394-6040 2394-6032 |
| Popis: | Background: Depression is a growing public health challenge in India due to increase in the population of elderly and drastic changes in the socio-cultural environment. There is a dearth of information regarding depression among elderly patients attending primary health care setting in rural India. Hence present study was undertaken. Methods: Data was collected from seventy five elderly patients attending a preventive geriatric clinic in a rural health training centre with the help of pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire by employing interviewer administered method. In the clinic, elderly patients were screened for cognitive impairment by using translated version of abbreviated mental test (AMT) scale. Data on socio-demographic characteristics were collected. Anthropometric measurements such as standing height, weight and waist circumference were taken as per standard guidelines. Depression was assessed by validated geriatric depression scale (GDS-15) (Kannada version). Subsequently, the standard of living index and housing conditions were assessed by visiting the houses of the elderly patients. Results: The proportion of depression among elderly was found to be 32%. Depression was found to be statistically associated with illiteracy (P |
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