Screening for Depression in Old Age Home and Home Environment Using Geriatric Depression Scale Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale Modified Kuppuswamy’s Socio-Economic Status Scale : An Observational Study
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2017, Vol 5, Issue 6
Abstract
Background: Depression in elderly is associated with emotional suffering, increases in health expenditures, morbidity and higher risk of suicide, fall and mortality from other causes. Depressive illness is one of the two most common psychiatric disorders of old age, yet little is known about its prevalence , incidence or natural history. Objective: To identify the level of depression in the old age home and home environment among geriatrics population based on their gender and socioeconomic status. Methods: A total of 200 individual elderly person above 65 years of age and subjects willing to participate were included and there depression level was assessed based on their gender, age classification, and socioeconomic status using Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale(ZSRD) and modified kuppuswamy’s socio-economic status scale. Results: The study results showed that the GDS score and ZSRD score more in old old age group(p=0.001), low socio economic class(p=0.001) and over all comparison showed that GDS and ZSRD score was more in individual residing at old age home group compared to home environment. Conclusion: the depression was more in individual in old age home and was more see in old old age group and in low socio economic class
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Anil R Muragod MPT
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