Association between visual status and mental health status in Thai rural elderly: a community-based study

Pongsachareonnont, Pear; Uramphorn, Nopphawan; Hounnaklang, Nuchanad

doi:10.18240/ijo.2018.05.23

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“…Mental health deterioration is mainly manifested in losing confidence in life and believing that life is meaningless (9,10). For a long time, the mental health of elderly adults in rural areas has been of interest to scholars, mainly focusing on the influencing factors like family population mobility (11)(12)(13), medical and social endowment insurance (14)(15)(16), widowhood, and disability (17)(18)(19), and so on. It is not difficult to find that most of the present studies are related to the perspective of "negative aging" to explore how to improve the mental health of rural elderly adults.…”

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Does Participation in Local Non-agricultural Employment Improve the Mental Health of Elderly Adults in Rural Areas? Evidence From China

Jia

Zhuang

Lucero

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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A rising rate of suicide among the elderly in rural China has been recognized to be triggered by mental health-associated factors. This study uses 3,397 sampled rural elderly adults from China Labor-force Dynamic Survey in 2016 to explore the response mechanism through which non-agricultural employment participation by the elderly adults in rural China can influence their mental health. Utilizing the Multivariate Regression, Instrumental Variable and Propensity Score Matching methods, we find that, the rural elderly adults who participate in local non-agricultural employment significantly improve their mental health. Self-employment tends to have a greater positive contribution to the mental health of the elderly population than waged employment. Further, work income, need for belongingness and respect, and human capital development significantly mediates the influence of participation in local non-agricultural employment on the mental health of the elderly adults. Finally, we put forward relevant policy suggestions to improving the mental health of the elderly in the countryside.

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Does Participation in Local Non-agricultural Employment Improve the Mental Health of Elderly Adults in Rural Areas? Evidence From China

Jia

Zhuang

Lucero

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Associations of self-reported vision impairment with depression symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese

Yang

Jiang

et al. 2022

Aging Clin Exp Res

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Prevalence of and factors associated with depression among hill tribe individuals aged 30 years and over in Thailand

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Apidechkul

Keawdounglek

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Background: Depression is a silent health problem that can lead to severe and sometimes fatal outcomes if individuals are not diagnosed and treated properly; this is particularly true in populations with limited education, low economic status and several barriers to accessing health services, such as the hill tribe people in Thailand. Methods: This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the prevalence of and factors associated with depression among hill tribe individuals aged 30 years and over. A validated questionnaire and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) were used for data collection in an interview format in a private and confidential room.Logistic regression was used to detect the associations of variables with depression at a significance level of α ¼ 0.05. Results: A total of 2,552 participants were recruited for the analysis; 65.9% were females, 79.9% were married, 35.8% were aged 50 years and over, and 54.2% were Buddhist. The majority were uneducated (76.7%), were agriculturalists (48.4%), and had a low family income (71.2%). The overall prevalence of depression was 12.0%. In the multivariate analysis, eight variables were found to be significantly associated with depression among hill tribe adults aged 30 years and over in Thailand. Being female, 50 years or older, married, and Christian; living with a relative; smoking; using opium; and having moderate and high stress levels were associated with depression. Conclusion:Effective public health interventions should be considered to reduce the burden of depression in the hill tribe population by focusing on individuals who are female, 50 years or older, married, Christian, and stressed and those who abuse substances.

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Association between visual status and mental health status in Thai rural elderly: a community-based study

Cited by 5 publications

References 24 publications

Does Participation in Local Non-agricultural Employment Improve the Mental Health of Elderly Adults in Rural Areas? Evidence From China

Does Participation in Local Non-agricultural Employment Improve the Mental Health of Elderly Adults in Rural Areas? Evidence From China

Associations of self-reported vision impairment with depression symptoms among middle-aged and older Chinese

Prevalence of and factors associated with depression among hill tribe individuals aged 30 years and over in Thailand

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