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Prevalence and Correlates of Mental Disability among Elderly Population Residing at Rural Block of Cuttack, India

机译:居住在印度农村植物块的老年人口中精神残疾的患病率及相关性

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India is in demographic transition phase with increasing proportion of geriatric population.Along with chronic ailments during old age, mental health is also a growing matter of concern and often neglected.Aim: The present study was conducted to estimate the burden of mental disability among elderly people.Materials and Methods: This was a community-based, crosssectional study was carried out among the elderly people (aged 60 years and above) residing at villages of Barang block of Cuttack district, Odisha, which was a rural field practice area of Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Odisha from October 2013 to March 2014.The information regarding sociodemographic characteristics, family type, financial support, any existing disease was collected.Indian Disability Evaluation Assessment Scale (IDEAS) was used as a tool to assess mental disability among elderly participants.The data was entered into Microsoft Excel sheet and analysed using SPSS software 21.0.Chi-square test was used, and the statistical significance level was fixed at p<0.05.Bivariate analysis and odds ratio were calculated, and the statistical significance level was fixed at p<0.05.Results: Among 793 participants, majority were female (51.3%) and in the age group of 60-69 years (53.0%).The mean of total IDEAS score was 6.14±2.19 and global IDEAS score (total IDEAS score + duration of illness) was 9.38±2.44, which represents moderate to profound disability.The prevalence of mental disability was 16.1%.Mental disability was found 3.0 times more among 70 years and above aged people (p<0.001), 2.2 times more among those who had diabetes (p=0.007) and 8.5 times more among those who had respiratory diseases (p<0.001) which was statistically significant.Mental disability was found to be 1.4 times more in those whose spouses were dead or separated (p=0.0512), but was not statistically significant.Conclusion: This study showed the prevalence of mental disability was more among females and it was significantly associated with increasing age and presence of chronic diseases.There is a need to raise awareness in public about unmet needs of geriatric mental health and an integrated approach should be taken regarding preventive and curative mental health care of geriatric people.
机译:印度处于人口转型阶段,增加了老年人的比例。老年人慢性疾病,心理健康也是一个日益增长的问题,往往被忽视。事物:目前的研究是为了估计老年人心理残疾的负担人民。这是一项以社区为基础的,界面研究是在居住在奥西沙的乡村田园区巴松区村庄(60岁及以上)之间进行的译,该研究是Kalinga的农村实践领域2013年10月至2014年10月的Odisha医学研究所。关于社会渗透特征,家族类型,财务支持,任何现有疾病的信息。印度残疾评估评估规模(思想)被用作评估精神的工具老年参与者之间的残疾。数据已输入Microsoft Excel表并使用SPSS软件进行分析21.0.Chi-Square测试使用,统计显着性水平在P <0.05时固定。计算分析和赔率比率,统计显着性水平在P <0.05.结果:793名参与者中,大多数是女性(51.3%)和年龄组60-69岁(53.0%)。总思想评分的平均值为6.14±2.19和全球思想评分(总思路得分+疾病持续时间)为9.38±2.44,这代表了中度至深度残疾。普遍存在精神障碍是16.1%的.mentallal残疾在70岁及以上的人中超过3.0倍(p <0.001),其中糖尿病患者(P = 0.007)和患有呼吸系统疾病的人中的8.5倍( p <0.001)统计学上显着的。发现配偶死亡或分离的那些(p = 0.0512),但在统计学上没有统计学意义,发现了1.4倍。结论:该研究显示精神残疾的患病率更多在女性中,它是标志IFICICALD与增加年龄和慢性病的存在相关。需要提高公众对老年心理健康的未满足需求的认识,以及应考虑对老年人的预防和治疗精神保健的综合方法。

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