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ReviewAnnals of general psychiatry2021

Prevalence and determinants of depression among old age: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Yosef Zenebe, Baye Akele, Mulugeta W/Selassie, Mogesie Necho

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Review in Annals of general psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 301 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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301citing papers in PubMed, 11 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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301 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 542 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yosef ZenebeDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia. yosef.zenebe79@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0138-6588
Baye AkeleDepartment of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Mulugeta W/SelassieDepartment of Pediatrics and Child Health Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Mogesie NechoDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia.
Wollo University · ET

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDepression is a leading cause of disability worldwide and is a major contributor to the overall global burden of disease. It is also one of the most common geriatric psychiatric disorders and a major risk factor for disability and mortality in elderly patients. Even though depression is a common mental health problem in the elderly population, it is undiagnosed in half of the cases. Several studies showed different and inconsistent prevalence rates in the world. Hence, this study aimed to fill the above gap by producing an average prevalence of depression and associated factors in old age.

objectiveThis study aims to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis to provide a precise estimate of the prevalence of depression and its determinants among old age.

methodA comprehensive search of PubMed, Scopus, Web of sciences, Google Scholar, and Psych-info from database inception to January 2020. Moreover, the reference list of selected articles was looked at manually to have further eligible articles. The random-effects model was employed during the analysis. Stata-11 was used to determine the average prevalence of depression among old age. A sub-group analysis and sensitivity analysis were also run. A graphical inspection of the funnel plots and Egger's publication bias plot test were checked for the occurrence of publication bias.

resultA search of the electronic and manual system resulted in 1263 articles. Nevertheless, after the huge screening, 42 relevant studies were identified, including, for this meta-analysis, n = 57,486 elderly populations. The average expected prevalence of depression among old age was 31.74% (95% CI 27.90, 35.59). In the sub-group analysis, the pooled prevalence was higher among developing countries; 40.78% than developed countries; 17.05%), studies utilized Geriatrics Depression Scale-30(GDS-30); 40.60% than studies that used GMS; 18.85%, study instrument, and studies having a lower sample size (40.12%) than studies with the higher sample; 20.19%.

conclusionA high prevalence rate of depression among the old population in the world was unraveled. This study can be considered as an early warning and advised health professionals, health policymakers, and other pertinent stakeholders to take effective control measures and periodic care for the elderly population.

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