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Prevalence and Determinants of Depression among elderly rural population of North India

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Md bashar

Context: Depression is the commonest neuropsychiatric
disorder in elderly. Depression can reduce the quality of
life and also increases the dependence on others.
Objective: The objectives of the study were to find out
the prevalence of depression and to identify associated
risk factors among community dwelling elderly from rural
North India.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional, descriptive study involving
100 community-dwelling elderly residing in a village
of North India. A non-probability convenience sampling
was done. The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15)-Hindi
Version was used to assess depression. Descriptive statistics
was performed using SPSS version 12. Cross tabulation
for different varia... view more»

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