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- Title
A Cross Sectional Study to Measure the level of Depression and the Quality of life among the Geriatric Population Residing in Old Age Home.
- Authors
Soni, Sandeep; Vishwakarma, Deepak; A. J., Aravindh
- Abstract
Background: Aging can cause reduced physical and mental ability, economic dependence, and depression in the elderly, lowering their quality of life. The study aims to determine depression prevalence and assess quality of life among geriatric populations in Old Age Homes. Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among the elderly (age≥60 years) residing in an old age home (n=90) in district Bhopal (M.P). Multistage simple random sampling was used to select the study participants in all elderly people living in the OAH were included. The tools used are Geriatric Depression ScaleHindi (GDS-H) to estimate the level of depression and The World Health Organization Quality of Life-BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) in Hindi to assess the quality of life. Results: The prevalence of depression in OAH nearly 90 percent were suffering from depression either mild (61.11 percent) or severe (27.78 percent). Conclusion: This study also revealed that the level of depression is inversely proportional to the quality of life. As the level of depression increases the quality of life of an elderly individual decreases.
- Subjects
BHOPAL (India); OLD age homes; QUALITY of life; OLDER people; MENTAL depression; CROSS-sectional method
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 1, p317
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.37506/3szrs872