Prevalence and Correlates of Depression among Nepalese Rai Older Adults

Chalise, Hom Nath; Laxmi, S. Dhivya

doi:10.4172/2167-7182.1000130

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“…Our study found no significant gender differences in prevalence rates of depression which mirrors similar findings in Iran (Majidi et al, 2011). It does however contradict findings from another study conducted in Nepal by Chalise and Rai (2013) that reported female gender as a major predictor of depression. A possible explanation for this difference may be that their study was focused on one rural ethnic group whereas our study sample included participants drawn from diverse backgrounds, castes and ethnicities from semi-urban communities.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The prevalence estimated by our study is more than twice that of a previous Nepalese study on older adults conducted in a single ethnic group in an urban setting in the Kathmandu Valley (Chalise & Rai, 2013). Although that study used the long version GDS 30 whereas our used the GDS 15 , both of these tools have high correlation and are therefore appropriate measures of depression in community settings in Nepal (Gautam & Houde, 2011).…”

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confidence: 56%

“…Apart from a few studies in homes for the elderly (Ranjan, Bhattarai, & Dutta, 2014;Chalise, 2014;Pradhan, 2014), hospital outpatient setting (Khattri, 2006)and in the Rai ethnic community (Chalise & Rai, 2013), there is a dearth of population-level studies of depression in older adults in Nepal. These few studies reported prevalence rates of between 47.3% and 89.% in homes for the elderly, 53.2% in an out-patient department and 29.7% in the Rai community.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal

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Wasti

Vijay

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Aging & Mental Health

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Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal

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Vijay

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Aging & Mental Health

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“…14 Another study by Giri M also found the prevalence rate of 24.3% in China. 13 A contradicting finding to the present study was that only 29.7% of the geriatric reported of depression which was conducted in Kathmandu by Chalise HN and Laxmi Rai S. 23 On the contrary, a study done by Nepal S, Sapkota N, Kumar R, Deo BK, Mishra S reported that depression was the most common psychiatric diagnosis among geriatric population. 19 In associative result, significant associations were found between education level and Mild-Cognitive-Impairment score.…”

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Prevalence of Mild-Cognitive-Impairment and Depression among Elderly Clients in Selected Wards of Baraha Municipality: A Cross-Sectional Study

Pradhan

Adhikari

Lama

et al. 2020

Jnl. BP Koirala Inst. Health Sci.

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Introduction: Mild-Cognitive-Impairment (MCI) is an intermediate state between normal cognitive ageing and dementia. Identification of MCI is thought to be crucial to early intervention. Objectives: To assess Mild-Cognitive-Impairment and Depression among elderly clients and to find out the associations between Mild-Cognitive-Impairment and Depression and socio-demographic variables. Methods: A descriptive, cross-sectional study design was adopted. A total of 115 elderly clients who fulfilled the selection criteria were enrolled using purposive sampling technique. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Geriatric Depression Scale were used with Interview technique. Those elderly clients were selected from the 2 wards of Baraha Municipality. Results: Majority of the subjects (68.7%) were from between 60-70 years. More of the elderly clients were females (54.8%). Maximum (81.7%) were illiterate. About 35.7% had the history of medical and psychiatric illness. From the total sample, 39.1% had issues with memory. In case of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), 93.0% was screened with Mild-Cognitive-Impairment. And, 60.9%of the elderly clients were screened as Depression. With regard to the associations between mild cognitive impairment and selected demographic variables, significant associations were found with gender, education level, marital status and previous history of medical/ psychiatric history. The correlation between MoCA score and geriatric depression score showed a negative relationship. Conclusion: Many elderly people in a community have Mild-Cognitive-Impairment and Depression. This study added evidence on prevalence of Mild-Cognitive-Impairment and Depression among geriatric clients in a community-dwelling.

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“…25 The prevalence of depression among the Nepalese Rai older adults was 29.7%. 26 The prevalence of depression was 51.3% in geriatric home in Kathmandu valley. 27 The study revealed that 16.70% of health workers (both male and female) were depressed and sex was found to be a determinant factor for depression in working place (p <0.05) where male were supposed to be three times at a higher risk than females.…”

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Smoking and Depression among Healthcare Workers

Ghimire¹,

Sharma

Ghimire³

2014

J Lumbini Med Coll

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Original Research Article -------------------------------------------ABSTRACT:Introduction: Healthcare workers are a special public icon for the community because people would like to adopt and implement their knowledge, skill, attitude and behaviour for improving quality of health. People respect them for their knowledge and health behavior. It is believed that the level of health status of health workers as well as community should go ahead parallel but many researchers have noted that high risk behaviours (smoking, tobacco use, alcoholism, irregular diet intake, lack of exercise etc.) are prevalent among health workers. The result of this will be physical, psychological, familial and social disturbance, which might have an impact on health care delivery system of the country. The study was concerned to assess health status (body mass index, smoking and depression) of healthcare workers and its impact on social adjustment in Banke district of Nepal. Methods: A cross sectional study design was applied to conduct the research. One hundred and eight respondents were selected through random sampling from the purposive group. Data wa collected through interview by using interview schedule. SPSS-16 windows process was used to analyze data. Results: Most of the respondent (81.40%) were under the age group less than 30 years (M = 27.35, SD = 9.24 years). More than 57.40% of respondents were female. Most of them (68.50%) were unmarried. Maximum (82.20%) responders had normal Body Mass Index (18.5-24.99). Near about forty percent (38.9%) healthcare worker had faced social problems in their working area. Conclusion: Age (above 20 years) and male healthcare workers were more likely to smoke cigarettes. Depressed health workers were more likely to smoke cigarette. Depression could be observed as a determinant for social adjustment.

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Prevalence and Correlates of Depression among Nepalese Rai Older Adults

Abstract: Introduction: Depression is a common public health issue with the increasing life expectancy worldwide and depression is associated with morbidity as well as disability among the elderly. There are very few studies related with depression among elderly from developing countries.

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Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal

Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal

Prevalence of Mild-Cognitive-Impairment and Depression among Elderly Clients in Selected Wards of Baraha Municipality: A Cross-Sectional Study

Smoking and Depression among Healthcare Workers

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