PREVALENCE OF GERIATRIC DEPRESSION USING GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE

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.