Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors in older adults: a cross-sectional study in Kathmandu, Nepal

Simkhada, Rajani; Wasti, Sharada Prasad; Vijay, Sophia; Lee, Andrew

doi:10.1080/13607863.2017.1310803

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“…In line with other studies [22,37], we found higher prevalence of depression among the illiterate elderly. Illiteracy probably limits the opportunities to engage in better works or employment.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The prevalence of geriatric depression was slightly lower than what has been found in earlier community-based studies in Nepal [22,23]. In the past studies, another cut-off point [4/5] in Thailand [40], and 17.2% in Vietnam [33].…”

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confidence: 65%

“…The prevalence of elderly depression in general is expected to be high in Nepal, as per the results from other available studies [16][17][18][19][20][21][22].However, most of the existing local studies have been conducted in geriatric homes [16][17][18]21], or in clinical settings [19]. Very few studies are performed in community settings [20,22,23], and those have mostly been carried out in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal [20,22]. The prior findings are thus not representative of the entire geriatric population of the country with its vast socio-cultural and ethnic diversity.…”

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confidence: 74%

“…The literature is conflicting with regard to the age and gender associations of geriatric depression [22,23,29,37]. Though the prevalence among female was higher than for the males, the difference was not found to be statistically significant.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…We used the Geriatric Depression Scale short form (GDS-15) to assess the presence of depressive symptoms [24]. The instrument had already been used in Nepal [22,23] and in other Asian countries According to the validation study, 5/6 was found to be the optimal cut-off point also in Nepal. The internal consistency was found to be 0.79, and the sensitivity (Se) was 86.3% and the specificity (Sp) was 74.5%.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Prevalence of geriatric depression in the Kavre district, Nepal: Findings from a cross sectional community survey

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Shrestha

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Background: The increasing elderly population worldwide is likely to increase mental health problems such as geriatric depression, which has mostly been studied in high-income countries. Similar studies are scarce in low-and-middle-income-countries like Nepal.Methods: A cross-sectional, population-based, door-to-door survey was conducted in randomly selected rural and urban population clusters of the Kavre district, Nepal. Trained nurses (field interviewers) administered structured questionnaires that included a validated Nepali version of the Geriatric Depression Scale short form (GDS-15) for identifying geriatric depression among the elderly (≥60 years) participants (N=460). Those scoring ≥6 on GDS-15 were considered depressed. Logistic regression analysis explored the associations of geriatric depression with regard to sociodemographic information, life style, family support and physical well-being.Results: Of the total 460 selected elderly participants, 439 (95.4%) took part in the study. More than half of them were females (54.2%). The mean age was 70.9 (± 8.6) years. Approximately half (50.6%) were rural inhabitants, the majority (86.1%) were illiterate, and about three-fifths (60.1%) were living with their spouses. The gender-and-age adjusted prevalence of geriatric depression was 53.1%.

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confidence: 93%