Stress, Anxiety and Depression Levels Among Elderly Referrals to Tehran Elderly Club
| Autor: | Mohtasham Ghafari, Gholam Reza Sharifirad, Samaneh Zanjani, Akbar Hassanzadeh |
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| Jazyk: | perština |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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| Zdroj: | Sālmand, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 53-59 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1735-806X 01908154 |
| Popis: | Objectives: Stress and anxiety have well–known effects in the pathogenesis of many physical and mental disorders. Aging adults are vulnerable to the effects of a negative stressor factors so, this study aims to investigate the level of stress anxiety and depression among the elderly referred to elderly clubs of Tehran in 2009. Methods & Materials: This is a cross-sectional study carried out on 104 aging adults, selected from elderly clubs of Tehran on 2009. Depression, Anxiety and Stress questionnaires (DASS-21), were filled out for this group. Finally obtained data was statistically analyzed by means of SPSS15 using T- test and One Way ANOVA at the significant level P≤0.05. Results: Of the total subjects under study 24% were male, and 76% female, with a mean age of 63.37±4.32 and 65.08±4.82 years respectively. The proportion of women with high anxiety score was higher than men. There were also higher anxiety levels in illness people (P |
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