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Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms among Elderly People residing in Nursing Homes of Baghdad City/ Iraq
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Al-Ameri, Maan Hameed Ibrahim |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Aging is a series of processes that begin with life and continue throughout the life cycle. As persons grow older, they are encountered various physical, psychological and social role changes that challenge their sense of self and ability to live happily. Depression is considered to be the main difficulty leading to emotional imbalance and impaired quality of life among elderly individuals. The study aims to find out the prevalence of levels of depressive symptoms among elderly in nursing homes of Baghdad city; and to explore any relationship between levels of depressive symptoms and some socio-demographic characteristics of elderly. A descriptive study was conducted from May 9 th , 2016 to the August 8 th , 2016 upon a non-probability sample of 52 elderly who live currently in two nursing homes of Baghdad city; 32 elderly individuals were recruited from Al-Rashad nursing home and other 20 from Al-Salakh nursing home. To meet the aims of the present study a questionnaire was constructed. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: firstly, five socio-demographic characteristics of elderly: gender, age, level of education, occupation and marital status; and second part is fifteen items which are supposed to assess levels of depressive symptoms and represent Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) for Almeida (1999) (1) which is to define the levels of depressive symptoms among those elderly. Data were analysed by method of: a descriptive statistical analysis: frequencies and percentages and tables of distribution; and inferential analysis which was Chi 2 . The present study indicates that 75.0% of elderly participated are male; about half of them are married; about 70.0% are 60 years old and more; 63.1% of them have secondary school and more level of education; about half of participants are retired. The results also reveals too that 76.9% of elderly have moderate level of depressive symptoms and 19.2% of those elderly has more severe symptoms and only 3.8% are within normal level of depressive symptoms. The study finds a significant relationship between level of depressive symptoms and gender and level of education. The present study recommends for more provision of mental health services for elderly in nursing homes. Increasing in the extent psychosocial support services for elderly is necessary; and referral and follow-up for those who have severe levels of depressive symptoms to specialized hospitals. Further researches upon larger samples and within different governorates of the country are to be done. Keyword: prevalence, levels, depressive, symptoms, elderly, nursing, homes, Baghdad. |
| Starting Page | 10 |
| Ending Page | 14 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.9790/1959-0604011014 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jnhs/papers/vol6-issue4/Version-1/C0604011014.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.9790/1959-0604011014 |
| Volume Number | 06 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
