ArticleBMC geriatrics2023
Depression among older adults in an urban slum of Raipur city - a community based cross-sectional study.
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- Prevalence and determinants of social isolation and loneliness among the elderly in India: A systematic review.The Indian journal of medical research · 2026Pooled it
- Multidimensional determinants of depression and non-depression in older adults: evidence from national data.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Prevalence, role impairment, and mental health service utilization of depressive disorders among community-dwelling older adults in China.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Association of the sarcopenia index with incident depressive symptoms and adverse depressive symptom trajectories.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Relationship Between Short Video Addiction Tendency and Depression Among Rural Older Adults: Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Article
- Association of loneliness and social connectedness with geriatric depression in urban and rural areas: A cross-sectional study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundOlder adults are at risk of chronic, silent depressive changes and the vulnerability of older adults in urban slums of India is rarely exposed. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of depression among the older adults in the urban slums of India and to study the factors associated with it.
methodsThis was a community based analytical cross-sectional study conducted in Urban Field Practice Area of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Chhattisgarh, India among older adults more than or equal to 60 years of age selected using two stage, simple random sampling. The data was collected in a sample of 400 older adults by face-to-face interview using self-designed, semi-structured and pretested proforma that included validated Hindi version of Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) and analyzed using SPSS v23.
resultsThe prevalence of depression among older adults was 51.5% in the present study; with 27%, 12.8% and 11.8% having mild, moderate and severe depression respectively. Number of family members, living status of spouse, emotional attachment to family members, conflict in family, loneliness, social isolation, marginal friendship ties, functional status, physical exercise, active complains and diastolic BP were independent predictors of depression in older adults.
conclusionEarly identification of depression in older adults using GDS-15 and incorporation of social isolation and functionality assessment routinely by healthcare providers for all older adults attending the outpatient departments is the need of the hour. A holistic approach to care of older adults is vital as healthcare providers seek to understand the impact of multiple, complex, interconnected factors on overall health and well-being of older adults.
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