International Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 2

Level of Depression among Geriatric Clients attending a Tertiary Referral Hospital, South India

  • Author:
  • Padmavathi Nagarajan, Shivanand Kattimani, N Sonam3, G Deepthi4, P Lekshmi4
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 53 to 57

3Staff Nurse, JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research), Pudhucherry

4Post-Graduates in Nursing, JIPMER (Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research), Pudhucherry

Online published on 8 September, 2016.

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the level of depression among geriatric clients and to identify the association of the level of depression with the selected demographic variables.

This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. The study samples included 200 geriatric clients who fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Geriatric depression scale was used to assess the level of depression.

Majority (53.5%) of the subjects were females. There was a significant association between gender, marital status, occupation and income with the level of depression (p<0.05).

The results of the study showed that 56.5% of geriatric clients had severe depression and 31% had mild depression. It also revealed that the mean depression score was significantly more among clients who had no spouse (p<0.001).

Keywords

Depression, Geriatric clients, Geriatric depression scale