Level of depression among elderly in selected old age homes at Mangalore, India

Abstract

Maternity incentive schemes were to encourage mothers to use skilled birth attendance for the best prevention of maternal and child death where as the pregnant women should have access to high quality prenatal care which, they can afford and where, they are treated with respect. The objective of the study was to determine the knowledge and utilization of maternal incentives scheme on delivery services at rural area of Nepal. This study was cross-sectional descriptive in nature and Study was conducted in Panchkhal VDC, Kavre district of Nepal.The numbers of married women of reproductive age group were the study population. The sample size was taken as 96. Most of the respondent had primary education (38.5%) and illiterate (15.6%). Highest mobilization of sources which provided throughout the health institute disseminates the MIS information During the study seventy nine mothers went to hospital for treatment. Utilization of incentive helps to change the delivery behavior (practice) of women (78%) within the hospital services by the skilled birth attendants. The 54.2% were not getting money (private hospital) for delivery and 13.5% respondents used money in nutrition and transport, 11.5% used in medicine and 1.0% respondent didn't spend money. Low income and poor women (63%) have been more benefited from the incentive scheme followed by Janajati (12.5%), Dalit (12.5%) and rural women (9.4%) respectively. Importance of maternity incentive scheme (MIS) on safe delivery services (SDS) needs to be disseminated in rural community through integrated health education program. Most of the respondents reported that only incentive is not the matter of utilization of hospital services, but the issue of mother and child health.

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

“…12 Present study showed a significant association between level of depression and marital status of respondents (p=0.00001). This finding is similar to that of the study by Subba et al (p=0.019), 18 Sangma et al(p=0.0001) 19 and Thilak et al(p=0.0001). 20 Studies have shown that unmarried, divorced and widow/widower respondents are more likely to have depressive symptoms.…”

Factors Associated with Depression among Elderly People Living In Old Aged Homes of Pokhara, Nepal

“…14 This study shows that age of elderly people matters for depression which is supported by the study of previous epidemiological study 14 and in contradiction of the study in india. 15 The proportion of female who were suffered with high degree of depression is higher than the male which is also statistically significant and the result is similar to the studiesdone in India. 6,16,7 This means females are more likely to have more depressed.…”

Depression and its Associated Risk Factors among Residents of a Geriatric Home in Western Nepal

“…Demographic findings of the study revealed that nearly half of the respondents (48%) belonged to the age group 70-79 years which is consistent with the study done in Mangalore, India where (48%) belonged to the same age group. [8] With regards to the gender, more than half of the respondents 73.1% were female, similar to the study done in West Bengal, India, where 67.08% of total respondents were female. [9] Regarding length of stay in geriatric home, 57.7% of the respondents lived in the old age home for more than one year which is consistent with the study of Narkhede V. et al…”