Role of Diet in Development of the Risk of Depression Among Geriatric Population: A Multicentric Cross-sectional Study in West Bengal

Abstract

Purpose The scarcity of literature reviews from India to assess the prevalence of psychiatric distresses along with drastic spreading of Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among frailty geriatric Indian population and the potential beneficial roles of dietary management helps to encourage for finding importance the purpose of this study. Methods Observational cross sectional study with analytic design was applied among the geriatric population (n = 400) to conduct this research. From the entire population, 300 were collected from community of three different Medical Colleges and Hospitals’ field practice area and another 100 were from hospital settings from Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata of West Bengal. Results In the socio-demographic scenario, majority were Hindu (78.5%), male (63.3%).The study participants were dispersed over several locations: 50.0% lived in hospital contexts, 21.5% lived in urban settings, and 28.3% lived in rural regions. With regard to NCDs, hypertension (p value *0.001), another cardiac outcome (p value *0.001) and diabetes mellitus (p value *0.004) were notably present in this population. In consideration with dietary pattern, the study findings indicate while depressive scores were significantly linked to vitamin C (chi square1.042,p value 0.001*),iron(chi square 0.942,p value < 0.001*) and calcium (chi square 1.184,p value 0.004*)intake. Conclusion Less intake of Vitamin C, iron and calcium are significantly associated with the development of depression among the geriatric population of West Bengal.