Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of Patna
Background: With changing socioeconomic, demographic, and development scenario, there is a cultural shift in looking after the elderly population which may lead to depression in this age group. Materials and Methods: The study was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted in the orthopedic de...
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| description | Background: With changing socioeconomic, demographic, and development scenario, there is a cultural shift in looking after the elderly population which may lead to depression in this age group.
Materials and Methods: The study was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted in the orthopedic department of a tertiary care setting on 157 elderly individuals. This study was conducted with objectives to estimate the proportion of depression using the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF) questionnaire along with its associated factors in geriatric population coming to the orthopedic department of the institute. The study tools were GDS-SF, Katz Index of Independence in activities of daily living (ADL), the Lawton instrumental ADL, and health-related quality of life by the Centers for Disease Control.
Results: The proportion of depressed individuals was 70/157 (44.6%) using GDS as a tool. The maximum number was in the age group of 60–74 years. Women outnumbered men (51.3% vs. 38.31%) for depression. The depression using GDS score was more prevalent in rural elderly, illiterate, and elderly who were economically dependent on their children and who belonged to lower middle socioeconomic status. Approximately 98% of the study participants were found to be independent using ADL. Approximately 60% males and 68% females were dependent for the instrumental ADL using Lawton score. Most of the study participants had arthritis as a major impairment sharing almost equal proportion among males and females.
Conclusion: The current study concludes that there is a very high proportion of elderly subjects who are experiencing depression using the GDS-SF tool. There should be regular screening for this disease in this age group even in a tertiary care setting. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90f9fc83346c45919d0392ef6921858b2023-03-21T08:35:35ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Community and Family Medicine2395-21132019-01-0151445010.4103/IJCFM.IJCFM_1_19Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of PatnaSudeep KumarPragya KumarShamshad AhmadAnup KumarBackground: With changing socioeconomic, demographic, and development scenario, there is a cultural shift in looking after the elderly population which may lead to depression in this age group. Materials and Methods: The study was a hospital-based cross-sectional study conducted in the orthopedic department of a tertiary care setting on 157 elderly individuals. This study was conducted with objectives to estimate the proportion of depression using the Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF) questionnaire along with its associated factors in geriatric population coming to the orthopedic department of the institute. The study tools were GDS-SF, Katz Index of Independence in activities of daily living (ADL), the Lawton instrumental ADL, and health-related quality of life by the Centers for Disease Control. Results: The proportion of depressed individuals was 70/157 (44.6%) using GDS as a tool. The maximum number was in the age group of 60–74 years. Women outnumbered men (51.3% vs. 38.31%) for depression. The depression using GDS score was more prevalent in rural elderly, illiterate, and elderly who were economically dependent on their children and who belonged to lower middle socioeconomic status. Approximately 98% of the study participants were found to be independent using ADL. Approximately 60% males and 68% females were dependent for the instrumental ADL using Lawton score. Most of the study participants had arthritis as a major impairment sharing almost equal proportion among males and females. Conclusion: The current study concludes that there is a very high proportion of elderly subjects who are experiencing depression using the GDS-SF tool. There should be regular screening for this disease in this age group even in a tertiary care setting.http://www.ijcfm.org/article.asp?issn=2395-2113;year=2019;volume=5;issue=1;spage=44;epage=50;aulast=Kumaractivities of daily livinggeriatric depressiongeriatric depression scale short formhealth-related quality of lifeinstrumental activities of daily living |
| spellingShingle | Sudeep Kumar Pragya Kumar Shamshad Ahmad Anup Kumar Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of Patna Indian Journal of Community and Family Medicine activities of daily living geriatric depression geriatric depression scale short form health-related quality of life instrumental activities of daily living |
| title | Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of Patna |
| title_full | Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of Patna |
| title_fullStr | Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of Patna |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of Patna |
| title_short | Mental health, functional ability, and health-related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of Patna |
| title_sort | mental health functional ability and health related quality of life in elderly patients attending a tertiary hospital of patna |
| topic | activities of daily living geriatric depression geriatric depression scale short form health-related quality of life instrumental activities of daily living |
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