Prevalence of Depression in a Large Urban South Indian Population — The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (Cures – 70)

Poongothai, Subramani; Pradeepa, Rajendra; Ganesan, Anbhazhagan; Mohan, Viswanathan

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007185

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“…10,11,19,21,29 In our study, 70 % were females and among them, 69.9 % were widows. The probable reason for this high number of females in our study is due to enhanced longevity among females.…”

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Proportion and Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Elderly in an Urban Slum in Bangalore

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Depression among elderly is emerging as an important public health issue in developing countries like India. Published evidence regarding the magnitude and determinants of depression among elderly hailing from urban slum is currently limited. Hence, the current study was conducted to assess magnitude of the problem and identify factors associated with depression among the elderly in an urban slum. A cross-sectional study was done to cover total of473 elderly persons from an urban slum in Bangalore, India. They were assessed for depression using Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression scale. The overall prevalence of depression was found to be 37.8 (95 % CI= 33. 43-42.16). Multivariate analysis revealed that unemployment (self or children) (odds ratio (OR) 2.6; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.41-4.72), illness of self (OR 2.2; 95 % CI 1.45-3.21), female gender (OR 1.9; 95 % CI 1.19-2.89), conflicts in family (OR 1.6; 95 % CI 1.03-2.43), and marriage of children or grandchildren (OR 1.6; 95 % CI 1.02-2.68) as independent risk factors. Depression among elderly is an important health issue of this area. Psychological intervention need to be provided for all elderly persons especially at the time of being diagnosed with any kind of illness. Strategies should be targeted to the females. The stressful life events need to be identified and remedial actions taken. This facility should be made available to them at the primary level of health care. There is a need to include screening of depression in our national health programs.

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“…This finding was consistent with previous studies. 13,29,31,32 Recent stressful life events should be identified and suitable support, self-help groups, and counseling need to be in place in the community.…”

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Proportion and Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Elderly in an Urban Slum in Bangalore

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“…15 A large population-based study from South India, which screened more than 24,000 subjects in Chennai using patient health questionnaire (PHQ)-12 that the overall prevalence of depression was 15.1% which was conducted in general population and the prevalence of depression in the present study will be higher as it is in medically ill subjects. 16 Bivariable analysis showed that gender, education, marital status, socio economic status, physical activity, uncontrolled Blood pressure and duration of hypertension was associated with depression among hypertensives. Female gender was found to be a risk factor for the development of depression with significant odds ratio of 2.33. WHO facts on gender and health also emphasis that depression is twice common in females.…”

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Prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals in urban Trivandrum: a cross sectional study

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Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: People with chronic diseases are more likely to have depression than those without any physical illness. Lack of adherence to treatment, poor compliance to life style modification therapy and lost to follow up are major concerns raised in the management of hypertension among subjects with co-morbid depression. Hence it is very important to explore the epidemiology of depression among hypertensives. Methods: The study was conducted in Medical College health unit area of urban Trivandrum as a cross sectional survey among adults >18 years who were diagnosed to have hypertension. The subjects were interviewed using a semi structured questionnaire to collect the socio-demographic variables and the 9 item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ 9) to capture depression. Data from a sample of 432 hypertensive individuals collected were analyzed and Chi square, t test, was done to find the associated factors. Results: Mean age of the study subjects was 62.47 years. Among the study subjects the blood pressure was under control among only 33.8% of the study population. The prevalence of depression was found to be 33.3% (144) with 95% C.I (27.98-39.14). Gender, Socio economic status, marital status, low educational status, regular physical activity, duration of hypertension, uncontrolled BP, were found to be significantly associated with depression. Conclusions: The prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals is high in this study population. Adequate control of BP along with awareness among primary care physicians in identifying those with hypertension and co-morbid depression is essential.

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“…Comparatively more unipolar cases were female and bipolar were male, which is in concordance with few other clinic-based studies but contradictory to many other studies which were basically population based. [18][19][20][21][22] Majority of the cases were of the productive age group, which might had led to a tremendous loss for the societal development.…”

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Thyroid profile in depression: a cross-sectional study from North-East India

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Background: Thyroid function disorder is a common feature in depression, with mixed type of response. Some cases are associated with hyperthyroidism and most commonly hypothyroidism. Unipolar and bipolar depressions are also related differently in consideration to thyroid status. This study comprises of assessment of the thyroid disorder prevalence in depressive patients and comparative analysis among unipolar and bipolar groups.Methods: Study consisted of 161 unipolar and 160 bipolar cases of depression as diagnosed by ICD 10 criteria supported by MINI. Thyroid profiling was done against common thyroid hormones TSH, T3, T4 and FT4 by standard method.Results: Gender wise males were dominant with majority in bipolar group in the younger age group. Most of the cases were normal with few hyperthyroid and hypothyroid cases. Bipolar group comprised the majority of overt hyperthyroid, overt hypothyroid and subclinical hyperthyroid cases, whereas unipolars were more in the subclinical hypothyroid category.Conclusions: This study concludes that differences exist in the thyroid response among the unipolar and bipolar depression group, more prominent numbers of hypothyroidism in unipolar group.

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Prevalence of Depression in a Large Urban South Indian Population — The Chennai Urban Rural Epidemiology Study (Cures – 70)

Cited by 249 publications

References 37 publications

Proportion and Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Elderly in an Urban Slum in Bangalore

Proportion and Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Elderly in an Urban Slum in Bangalore

Prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals in urban Trivandrum: a cross sectional study

Thyroid profile in depression: a cross-sectional study from North-East India

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