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- Title
The Link between Demographic Profiles with Depression among Elderly Women in Private Care Institution.
- Authors
S., Nurunsaadah; Z. M., Lukman; M. Z., Zulaikha; W. M. Y., Bukhari
- Abstract
Depression among elderly women living in nursing home based on demographic profile become a phenomenon in many developed countries. In most research, depression has been identified as a negative feeling that can lead to death. Depression among elderly women occur when they are 60 years and above once their children grow up and married. Then, there retired from occupations and their spouse died and make they live alone. Thus, this study aimed to identify the factors of demographic profiles have an impact on depression among elderly women. This research was conducted at a private institution in Terengganu, Malaysia with 78 elderly women as respondents quantitatively. The questionnaires from Patient Health Questionnaire 9 (PHQ-9) were adopted to analyse the risk of elderly having depression and feeling lonely in nursing home. The result showed the factors of demographic profile have an impact on depression among elderly women in private institution its strength and significant.As a conclusion, the study on depression among elderly women in nursing home is important to raise awareness about this alarming issue in the society especially among elderly women.
- Subjects
TERENGGANU; MALAYSIA; NURSES; REMINISCENCE therapy; LIVING alone; OLDER people; NURSING care facilities; DEVELOPED countries
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 2, p2567
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.37506/v11/i2/2020/ijphrd/195248