A Perspective of Geriatric Quality of Life & Depression from a Rural Setting of Division Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction: Ageing is an inevitable natural phenomenon. Amongst the chronic morbidities of aged, hearing impairment is the commonest followed by visual impairment. Geriatric Psychiatric morbidity has been reported with prevalence range of 8.9-61.2%. Mood disorders especially depression & dementia are frequently encountered in elderly population. Increasing age, female gender, type of family & absence of spouse support has been seen to be significantly associated with geriatric depression. Dementia is a frequently encountered morbidity in primary health care. The current study was taken up to see for the quality of life experienced by the elderly, to assess the prevalence of depression in the elderly and to see for any correlation between socio-demographic variables with quality of life & depression. Materials & Methods: Cross-sectional from District Budgam of Kashmir Division done on individuals aged ≥60 years providing informed written consent. Results: WHO-QOL BREF score is fair in 49%. 90.5% of the subjects had good/moderate family integration. Similarly 55.5% had good/moderate social integration. The depression risk of 64.4% in elderly was seen with 58.1% having mild risk, 40.1% having moderate risk & 1.7% having severe risk. Conclusion: Depression is a common psychiatric morbidity in elderly that remains unrecognized.
Authors and Affiliations
Yasmeen Jan, M Rafiq Mir, Ashfaq A Bhat, Rifat Jan, Shalinder Pal Bali
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