Prevalence of depression and factors associated with it in geriatric population in rural area of Vadodara, Gujarat

Jadav, Pranay; Patel, Maharshi

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“…In the current study, the overall prevalence of depression among the elderly was found to be 76% which was similar to the findings of a study done by Suganathan and Thilak et al 5,6 In this study elderly females with depression were more compared to males, similar to the results in a study in Vadodara and Chittoor. 7,3 In rural areas, females are not getting much importance than mails and studies prove that they are much more neglected in their old age which can lead to increased depression in elderly females. Our study also shows that depression was more common among 65-69 years of age, this result was similar to the study conducted in a rural population of Tamilnadu.…”

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Prevalence and factors associated to depression among geriatric population in a rural area of Kanyakumari district Tamil Nadu

Nath

2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Aging is a universal process. It has been documented that elderly are more prone to psychological problems and depression is the commonest geriatric psychiatric disorder. In India the prevalence of depression among elderly population between 13% and 25%. Depression usually becomes unnoticed and untreated in the elderly. Depression in late life is associated with significant morbidity including deficits in a range of cognitive functions, functional impairment, decreased quality of life, increased rate of suicide. The objectives of this study was to find out the prevalence of depression and its risk factors in geriatric population.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted from March 2017 to August 2017 among 75 elderly people who were attending the rural health centre Marappadi were included for the study. Depression was assessed by Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).Results: The mean age of the participants were 72.63. Majority of them were females (56%). Most of them had middle school education (48 %) and 77.3% belong to joint family. The overall prevalence of depression in the study population was 76%. 30.7% of the elderly had severe depression and 16% are having moderate depression. There is significant association between depression with female sex, primary education, marital status, lower socio-economic status and presence of chronic illness.Conclusions: This study indicates high prevalence of depression in elderly population. Female sex, unemployment, marital status as married and joint family are the risk factors of depression in geriatric population.

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Prevalence and factors associated to depression among geriatric population in a rural area of Kanyakumari district Tamil Nadu

Nath

2019

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“…Chalise and Rai [7] found that 29.7% Nepalese rai older adults in the Kathmandu valley were depressed. Jadav and Patel [11] found 34.1 % depression among senior population in rural area of Vadodara, Gujrat and Pilania, Yadav [12] found 34.4% depression among Indian elderly population. However, some studies contradict our findings: a study conducted among elderly people in a rural south Indian community found 12.7% [13], a study conducted in north India 9.5 % [14], a study conducted in Thailand 18.5% [15] ,and a study conducted in Nepal among older adults found 15.4% [16] which is lower than my study and some were higher than our study; a study conducted by Vol.12; Issue: 1; January 2022 Shrestha, Shrestha [6] in the emergency department of teaching hospital in Nepal found 45.7 % prevalence of geriatric depression, Jemal, Hailu [17] found 54.5 percent, and a study conducted by Simkhada, Wasti [18] among older adults in Kathmandu Nepal found 60.6%.…”

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“…Score 1 showed that the answer to the question awarded one point for depressed symptoms, while a score of 0 indicated that no point was awarded. Depression symptoms were classified as normal (0-4), mild (5-8), moderate (9)(10)(11) and severe (12)(13)(14)(15). [2] This tool had already used in Nepal.…”

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Prevalence of Geriatric Depression and Associated Factors in Kalika Rural Municipality of Rasuwa District, Nepal

Karki

Paudel

Chaudhary

2022

Int J Health Sci Res

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Background: Geriatric depression, which has primarily been studied in high-income nations, is anticipated to become more prevalent as the world's old population grows. In low- and middle-income nations like Nepal, similar studies are rare. Objectives: This aimed to determine the prevalence of geriatric depression and its associated factors in 60 years and above age group of both sexes. Setting and Design: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in the Kalika rural municipality of Rasuwa district, Nepal. Methods and materials: Face to face interview technique and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) was used to collect information from 305 respondents aged above 60 years which was the required sample size of the study. Simple random technique was used for the selection of respondents. Statistical analysis used: Chi-square test at 5% level of significance was used to identify association between socio-demographic, individual, contextual factors with geriatric depression. Results: A total of 305 elderly people were participated in this study. The mean age was 70.91(±9.165) years. Overall prevalence of depression was 31.1%. Study also found that geriatric depression was significantly associated with living with children, family type, working status, family income, chronic illness, physical capabilities, involving in social activities, worried of being elderly, feeling of stress about life, family support, communication with family member and vital role in decision making (p<0.05). Conclusion: Geriatric depression was prevalent in kalika rural municipality. Based on these identified variables, current health programs should focus on addressing these challenges. Key words: Geriatric depression, community based cross-sectional study, Geriatric Depression Scale, prevalence.

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Prevalence and determinants of depression among old age: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Background Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. It is also one of the most common geriatric psychiatric disorders and a major risk factor for disability and mortality in elderly patients. Even though depression is a common mental health problem in the elderly population, it is undiagnosed in half of the cases. Several studies showed different and inconsistent prevalence rates in the world. Hence, this study aimed to fill the above gap by producing an average prevalence of depression and associated factors in old age. Objective This study aims to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide a precise estimate of the prevalence of depression and its determinants among old age. Method A comprehensive search of PubMed, Scopus, Web of sciences, Google Scholar, and Psych-info from database inception to January 2020. Moreover, the reference list of selected articles was looked at manually to have further eligible articles. The random-effects model was employed during the analysis. Stata-11 was used to determine the average prevalence of depression among old age. A sub-group analysis and sensitivity analysis were also run. A graphical inspection of the funnel plots and Egger’s publication bias plot test were checked for the occurrence of publication bias. Result A search of the electronic and manual system resulted in 1263 articles. Nevertheless, after the huge screening, 42 relevant studies were identified, including, for this meta-analysis, n = 57,486 elderly populations. The average expected prevalence of depression among old age was 31.74% (95% CI 27.90, 35.59). In the sub-group analysis, the pooled prevalence was higher among developing countries; 40.78% than developed countries; 17.05%), studies utilized Geriatrics Depression Scale-30(GDS-30); 40.60% than studies that used GMS; 18.85%, study instrument, and studies having a lower sample size (40.12%) than studies with the higher sample; 20.19%. Conclusion A high prevalence rate of depression among the old population in the world was unraveled. This study can be considered as an early warning and advised health professionals, health policymakers, and other pertinent stakeholders to take effective control measures and periodic care for the elderly population.

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Prevalence of depression and factors associated with it in geriatric population in rural area of Vadodara, Gujarat

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Prevalence and factors associated to depression among geriatric population in a rural area of Kanyakumari district Tamil Nadu

Prevalence and factors associated to depression among geriatric population in a rural area of Kanyakumari district Tamil Nadu

Prevalence of Geriatric Depression and Associated Factors in Kalika Rural Municipality of Rasuwa District, Nepal

Prevalence and determinants of depression among old age: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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