2021
DOI: 10.1186/s12991-021-00357-z
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Geriatric depression and quality of life in North Shoa Zone, Oromia region: a community cross-sectional study

Abstract: Introduction Depression and low quality of life are severe conditions that lead to disability and mortality, common in high and low-resourced countries. Therefore, this study aimed to assess geriatric depression, quality of life, and associated factors among elderly persons in the low-resource country. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was used from March to April 2020. The depression and quality of life were assessed using the standa… Show more

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“…The number of study participants in each study ranged from 116 in a study conducted in Addis Ababa [ 31 ] to 941 in a study conducted in Amhara region [ 33 ]; the included studies had a total of 6521 study participants. The included studies were published between 2016 [ 50 ] and 2021 [ 24 , 33 , 36 ]. Four regional states (counties) of Ethiopia were represented in the studies.…”
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“…The number of study participants in each study ranged from 116 in a study conducted in Addis Ababa [ 31 ] to 941 in a study conducted in Amhara region [ 33 ]; the included studies had a total of 6521 study participants. The included studies were published between 2016 [ 50 ] and 2021 [ 24 , 33 , 36 ]. Four regional states (counties) of Ethiopia were represented in the studies.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Four regional states (counties) of Ethiopia were represented in the studies. Four studies were conducted in the Amhara region [ 23 , 33 , 51 , 52 ], three studies conducted in Addis Ababa [ 31 , 36 , 53 ], two studies were conducted in Oromia [ 1 , 24 ] and two studies were conducted in Harar [ 50 , 54 ]. Three studies [ 31 , 53 , 54 ] did not report the mean age of their study participants, whereas the mean age of the participants in the other included studies ranged from 66.69 to 75.46 years.…”
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confidence: 99%
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