Comparative Study of Psychological Morbidities in Geriatric Population of Rural and Urban Dwellers of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
Journal Title: National Journal of Community Medicine - Year 2018, Vol 9, Issue 12
Abstract
Introduction: Senility, poor health, dependency, helplessness, widow-hood and low self-esteem are the risk factors that influence both the extent and severity of psychological morbidity and quality of life. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational, community based study on the ger-iatric dwellers of rural and urban catchment area of RHTC (Rural Health & Training Centre & UHTC (Urban Health & Training Centre) of Dept. of Community Medicine, Ro-hilkhand Medical College & Hospi-tal, Bareilly. The required sample has been taken using Simple ran-dom sampling technique by Ran-dom number table method. Depres-sion Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) was used to calculate the psychological morbidities which is a set of three self-report scales de-signed to measure the negative emo-tional states of depression, anxiety and stress. The data was entered and analysed using SPSS version 22.0. Result: The geriatric population under study which suffered from one or more forms of psychological morbidities in the form of Depres-sion, Anxiety and Stress was 93.9%. There was a significant association of stress with age. Conclusion: The elderly suffered from one or more forms of psycho-logical morbidities in the form of Depression, Stress & Anxiety. De-pression & Stress were more preva-lent in the urban population and Anxiety is more prevalent in the ru-ral population.
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Rashmi Katyal, Ajay Shankar Joshi, Shikhar Agarwal, Himalaya Singh, Himanshu Tanwar
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