A comparative study of depression among the elderly living in old age homes and community in Visakhapatnam, India

Karini, Deepthi; Lotheti, Siva Kumar; Bhimarasetty, Devi Madhavi

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“…Various study conducted by Ghimire et al, Nagaraj AKM et al, Qadir F et al, Karini D.et al revealed that prevalence of the depression was higher in the old age home than community which was similar to present study. 9,[11][12][13] But in contrast with present study, a study done by George S et al in Ernakulam, Kerala State, India showed no significant difference in both groups. 14 Such difference in findings might be due to the variation in the sociocultural factors, study tools, study population and settings.…”

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“…Score 1 meant that the answer to the question gave one point for depressive symptoms and 0 indicated no point. The symptoms of depression were categorized as normal (0-4), mild (5-8), moderate (9-11) and severe (12)(13)(14)(15). 10 In the present study, score between 0-4 were considered as normal and more than 4 was considered as depressive.…”

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Depression and its associated factors among elderly people of old age homes and community of Kathmandu district, Nepal: a comparative study

Mali¹,

Poudel

Mali

et al. 2021

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Depression is a common public health problem among elders worldwide and is associated with high morbidity and disability. This study aims to assess depression and its associated factors among elderly in old-age homes and a community of Kathmandu district.Method: A comparative cross-sectional study recruited 122 elderly from old-age homes and a community of Kathmandu district. Depression was measured using the Geriatric Depression Scale-short scale (GDS-15). Socio-demographic and medical history was collected using semi-structured questionnaire. We utilized bivariate logistic regression to assess the association of depression with each variable. Results: The prevalence of depression among elderly in old-age homes was 74.6% and in community was 41.8%. The study found that elderly residing at old age homes were four (OR=4.087; 95% CI=2.373-7.038) times more likely to have depression than those residing in the community. Age was found to be associated with depression among the respondent of both settings. In old-age homes, not receiving old-age allowance, bad perception of life, bad social relation, having a chronic disease, lack of care from family, stress and weeping as stress coping strategy were associated with depression. In the community, stress, non-involvement in family decision making, feeling of neglect, dysfunctional capability, bad social relation, lesser monthly income had positive relation with depression.Conclusion: Depression is highly prevalent among Nepalese elderly, with higher burden in those living in old-age homes. This emphasizes the need for screening of depression among elderly, to initiate early intervention measures.

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Depression and its associated factors among elderly people of old age homes and community of Kathmandu district, Nepal: a comparative study

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Poudel

Mali

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“…6,8,9 A study done in Kathmandu valley have revealed depression among elderly living in old-age homes to be nearly double (74.6%) as compared to those living in community (41.8%). 10 The number of elderly living in old-age homes is ever increasing and very less consideration is given about their mental health status. Thus, this study was undertaken to assess depression among elderly living in old-age homes in Devghat, Tanahun, Nepal.…”

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Depression among Elderly Residing in Old-age Homes in Devghat, Nepal

Lamichhane¹,

Dhakal²

2022

Nep. J. Health Sci.

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Introduction: Depression among the elderly is a common phenomenon that is increasing at an alarming rate in recent years. Depression among the elderly leads to various physical and psychological problems and consequently poor quality of life. Objective: This study was aimed at assessing the prevalence of depression among elderly residing in old-age homes in Devghat, Tanahun, Nepal. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study design was adopted to assess depression among elderly residing in old-age homes of Devghat town in Tanahun district of Nepal. Non-probability enumeration sampling technique was used to collect the data. The validated Nepali translation of the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 was used to assess depression. Collected data were entered in SPSS version 22 and analyzed by using the Chi-square test. Results: Out of 155 respondents, 45.8% had mild depression followed by 36.8% who had moderate depression. A statistically significant association was found between the level of depression and marital status, educational status, asthma, and habit of smoking. Conclusions: This study showed that the prevalence of depression in old-age homes was very high. This necessitates the provision of regular screening and adequate support and initiatives from concerned authorities to uplift the mental status of these elderly people so that it does not affect their overall health and quality of life.

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“…Similar findings were found in a study conducted in Visakhapatnam. 16 Better physical QOL of literate elderly can be attributed to their better understanding of health problems. The better environmental quality of life of retired elderly may be because of their self-satisfaction about physical environment and self-sufficiency in finance.…”

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Quality of life of institutionalized elderly in an urban area of North India

Sanya

Kumaran

2020

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Being transferred from home to nursing care facility is great challenge for elderly as they have to face a radical change in their lifestyle. However, not much is known about the response of its residents to institutionalization and its impact on their physical and mental health. Objective is to assess quality of life (QOL) of institutionalized elderly in an urban area of North Kerala and its association with sociodemographic factors.Methods: A cross- sectional study was conducted among 202 elderly residing in old age homes (OAH). Data was collected using WHO QOL BREF. Data analysed using SPSS version 16.0. Results expressed terms of mean, SD, frequencies, percentages. Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U test used to find association between domain-wise (physical, psychological, social relationships, environmental) QOL and sociodemographic factors.Results: Out of 202 elderly residing in OAH, majority were females (60.4%), belonged to 60-69 years age-group (39.6%), Hindus (59.9%) and widowed (49.5%). Majority had ‘moderately poor QOL in all domains, except environmental domain where majority had ‘moderately good’ QOL. Highest mean scores were found in environmental domain. Statistically significant association was found between physical domain and age- groups, gender, marital and educational status; and between psychological domain and gender, current occupational status. Environmental domain was associated with age-groups, religion, financial dependency, current occupational status.Conclusions: Elderly belonging to younger age- group (60-69 years), male gender, educated, retired group and those without morbidity had better QOL.

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A comparative study of depression among the elderly living in old age homes and community in Visakhapatnam, India

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Depression and its associated factors among elderly people of old age homes and community of Kathmandu district, Nepal: a comparative study

Depression and its associated factors among elderly people of old age homes and community of Kathmandu district, Nepal: a comparative study

Depression among Elderly Residing in Old-age Homes in Devghat, Nepal

Quality of life of institutionalized elderly in an urban area of North India

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