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dc.contributor.authorManandhar, Kedar
dc.contributor.authorRisal, Ajay
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Oshin
dc.contributor.authorManandhar, Nirmala
dc.contributor.authorKunwar, Dipak
dc.contributor.authorKoju, Rajendra
dc.contributor.authorHolen, Are
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-18T10:14:47Z
dc.date.available2020-02-18T10:14:47Z
dc.date.created2019-11-07T17:01:03Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1471-244X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/2642220
dc.description.abstractBackground The increasing elderly population worldwide is likely to increase mental health problems such as geriatric depression, which has mostly been studied in high-income countries. Similar studies are scarce in low-and-middle-income-countries like Nepal. Methods A cross-sectional, population-based, door-to-door survey was conducted in randomly selected rural and urban population clusters of the Kavre district, Nepal. Trained nurses (field interviewers) administered structured questionnaires that included a validated Nepali version of the Geriatric Depression Scale short form (GDS-15) for identifying geriatric depression among the elderly (≥60 years) participants (N = 460). Those scoring ≥6 on GDS-15 were considered depressed. Logistic regression analysis explored the associations of geriatric depression with regard to socio-demographic information, life style, family support and physical well-being. Results Of the total 460 selected elderly participants, 439 (95.4%) took part in the study. More than half of them were females (54.2%). The mean age was 70.9 (± 8.6) years. Approximately half (50.6%) were rural inhabitants, the majority (86.1%) were illiterate, and about three-fifths (60.1%) were living with their spouses. The gender-and-age adjusted prevalence of geriatric depression was 53.1%. Geriatric depression was significantly associated with rural habitation (AOR 1.6), illiteracy (AOR 2.1), limited time provided by families (AOR 1.8), and exposure to verbal and/or physical abuse (AOR 2.6). Conclusion Geriatric depression is highly prevalent in Kavre, Nepal. The findings call for urgent prioritization of delivery of elderly mental health care services in the country.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBMCnb_NO
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
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dc.titlePrevalence of geriatric depression in the Kavre district, Nepal: Findings from a cross sectional community surveynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer reviewednb_NO
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionnb_NO
dc.source.volume19nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC Psychiatrynb_NO
dc.source.issue1nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12888-019-2258-5
dc.identifier.cristin1745063
dc.description.localcode© 2019 The Authors. Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.nb_NO
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cristin.unitnameInstitutt for psykisk helse
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