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Socio-demographic Correlates of Depression Among Elderly Slum Dwellers of North India

机译：印度北部老年贫民窟居民抑郁症的社会人口统计学相关因素

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Background Ageing is an inevitable process which begins before birth and continues throughout the life. Though depression is the commonest psychiatric disorder in the elderly, it is commonly misdiagnosed and under treated. The objective of the current study is to know the socio-demographic correlates of depressive disorders amongst elderly. Materials and Methods A cross-sectional community based study was designed and conducted in an urban slum of Muzaffarnagar city, of North India, comprising of 403 elderly aged 60 years and above for a period of 6 months. First of all, the listing of elderly in the study area was done then study was started with the randomly selected name entered in list as the first one and thereafter every second elderly was interviewed alternatively with the help of predesigned proforma. The collected data was subjected to suitable statistical analysis. Results As the age advances the depressive disorders also increase. The prevalence of depressive disorders was found to be 9.4% and it has been observed to double with advancement of one decade of years in the age. It has been noted that there is statistically significant association between decadal age advancement and rise in number of cases of depression. No significant difference in the occurrence of depressive disorders among male and female elderly population has been found. Conclusion A holistic approach to underlying causes of problems of elderly should be undertaken. There is need of strengthening the existing “package” of services for elderly in various initiatives and programmes. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126je.v4i1.10133 Nepal Journal of Epidemiology 2014;4 (1): 316-322
机译：背景老化是一个不可避免的过程，始于出生之前，一直持续到一生。尽管抑郁症是老年人中最常见的精神疾病，但它通常被误诊和治疗不足。本研究的目的是了解老年人抑郁症的社会人口统计学相关性。材料和方法在印度北部的穆扎法纳那市的一个城市贫民窟中，设计并进行了一项基于社区的横断面研究，该研究由403名60岁以上的老年人组成，为期6个月。首先，完成了研究区域中老年人的列表，然后以列表中随机选择的名字作为第一个名字开始研究，然后在预先设计的形式帮助下每隔一秒钟就对老年人进行一次访谈。对收集到的数据进行适当的统计分析。结果随着年龄的增长，抑郁症也会增加。发现抑郁症的患病率为9.4％，并且随着年龄的增长，这种疾病的患病率翻了一番。已经注意到，十年年龄的增长与抑郁症病例数的增加之间存在统计学上的显着关联。在男性和女性老年人口中，抑郁症的发生没有显着差异。结论应采取整体方法解决老年人问题的根本原因。有必要在各种倡议和方案中加强现有的老人服务“一揽子”计划。 DOI：http://dx.doi.org/10.3126je.v4i1.10133尼泊尔流行病学杂志2014; 4（1）：316-322

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