PREVALENCE OF GERIATRIC DEPRESSION USING GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE

ISBN-13: 9786206790105 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str.

Vinodkumar Mugada; Srinivasa Rao Yarguntla

Opis

Elderly persons are more vulnerable to depression. We conducted this study to estimate the prevalence of depression and to study the association of depression with socio-demographic and clinical variables among elderly persons in a rural community. The aim of the present study was to assess depression in geriatric patients using the geriatric depression scale: short form (GDS: SF -15) and to find whether psychosocial factors, demographic factors,lifestyle factors and socioeconomic factors are associated with depression, and to assess the level of social support in relation to depression.