Vinodkumar Mugada, Srinivasa Rao Yarguntla

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PREVALENCE OF GERIATRIC DEPRESSION USING GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE

A CROSSSECTIONAL STUDY

Beschreibung

Elderly persons are more vulnerable to depression. We conducted this study to estimate the prevalence of depression and to study the association of depression with socio-demographic and clinical variables among elderly persons in a rural community. The aim of the present study was to assess depression in geriatric patients using the geriatric depression scale: short form (GDS: SF -15) and to find whether psychosocial factors, demographic factors,lifestyle factors and socioeconomic factors are associated with depression, and to assess the level of social support in relation to depression.

Autor

Mr. M. Vinod Kumar has been working as an Associate Professor at the Vignan Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology in the department of Pharmacy Practice. He published 37 research articles in national and international journals. He is a certified academic peer reviewer and reviewed nearly 160 manuscripts. 

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 88
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 149g
• ISBN-13: 9786206790105
• ISBN-10: 620679010X
• Artikelnr.: 69284750