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Abstract
Aim of the study:
To measure the prevalence of depression, its relation to QOL and to describe relation of depression to socio-demographic characteristics and health status among elderly population aged 60 years or more living in El-Burgaia village, El-Minia governorate.
Results:
- More than half (57.7%) of the studied elderly people had depression, majority (84.8%) of depressed elderly people scored as mild depression while moderate to severe depression constitute only 15.2%.
- Advanced age increases the prevalence of depression, oldest elderly (85 years and more) had higher prevalence of depression (81.4%) compared to 66.1% in age group (75-84) and 55.3% in age group (60-74).
- Depression among females was higher (66.3%) than that among males (46.4%). Also females predominate males in their liability to be moderately to severely depressed (72% among females versus 28% among males respectively).
- There was a significant relationship between depression and HRQOL in elderly people, 96.6% of people with poor HRQOL were depressed and only 3.4% only were normal compared to 81.6% of people with good HRQOL were normal and only 18.4% were depressed.
- The prevalence of depression was significantly lower among highly educated (20.0%) and higher among illiterate (61.4%).
- Prevalence of depression was higher among non workers (62.3%) than other counterparts.
- There was a significant relation between prevalence of depression and financial support, 52.6% and 25.4% of depressed people had insufficient or no financial support at all respectively compared to people with sufficient support (22.0%).
- Depression was higher among those with single status than married elderly, single persons had higher prevalence of depression (71.4% for mild depression and 14.3% for moderate to severe depression respectively) followed by widow status (56.8% for mild depression and 13.4% for moderate to severe depression respectively) and divorced status (25.0% for mild depression and 25.0% for moderate to severe depression) as compared to married (43.3% for mild depression and 5.5% for moderate to severe depression respectively).
- Old people living alone were at a much higher risk of depression than others, depression was prevalent (80.4%) among elderly lived alone than those living with family (55.0%). elderly people who had care giver from family less prevalent in depression than elderly without care giver (77.8% versus 55.7% respectively).
- Depression was higher among people with poor functional capacity and poor health status than normal people, 98.5% of peoples with poor functional capacity were depressed compared to 42.9% of people with good functional capacity; all elderly with poor health status were depressed compared to 24.6% of people with good health status.
- There was a significant relation between presence of chronic illness and depression, 71.7% of elderly people with chronic disease had depression compared 22.8% of those without chronic disease
- The most important socio-demographic factor affecting the prevalence of depression was financial support; more over it was the most important factor after age affecting HRQOL of elderly.