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

ABSTRACT: 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 g

SUBMITTER: Manandhar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6724336 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature