The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

Identifying factors associated with depression among elderly population is important in order to improve their quality of life. A cross sectional study was conducted among elderly in three primary care clinics, Kuantan, Pahang in assessing the depression and its associated factors. The respondents w...

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Main Authors:	Md Aris, Mohd Aznan, Samsuddin, Niza
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/11732/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11732/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/11732/1/12th_World_Congress.pdf

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spelling	iium-117322015-10-24T07:47:45Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11732/ The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Samsuddin, Niza RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Identifying factors associated with depression among elderly population is important in order to improve their quality of life. A cross sectional study was conducted among elderly in three primary care clinics, Kuantan, Pahang in assessing the depression and its associated factors. The respondents were selected through convenient sampling and interviewed by using reconstruct standardized questionnaire which includes social-demographic background, medical illness, ability to perform basic activities of daily living (ADL), cognitive function and depression assessment. Out of 600 elderly that attended the clinics from 1st December 2006 to 31st January 2007, 182 (30.3%) respondents agreed to enroll in the study. The respondents comprised of Malay (93.4%), females (54.4%) and married (71.4%) elderly. Most of them were living with their family (92.3%), received formal education background (64.8%), had no past history of hospital admission (81.3%) and median income per capita of RM250 per month. Most respondents (90.7%) suffered from chronic illness, 19.8% were functional dependent (according to Barthel index), 15.4% had cognitive impairment (according ECAQ) and 17.0% had depression (according to GDS-14). The study revealed that depression were found significantly difference with increasing age, marital status, occupation, living arrangements, history of hospital admission and presence of cognitive impairment. These findings highlighted that high prevalence of elderly attended the primary care clinics have a depression that require greater in health intervention by healthcare professionals. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11732/1/12th_World_Congress.pdf Md Aris, Mohd Aznan and Samsuddin, Niza (2009) The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. In: 12th World Congress on Public Health, 27 April-1 May 2009, Istanbul, Turkey. http://wfpha.confex.com/w_fpha/2009/webprogram/Paper4060.html
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description	Identifying factors associated with depression among elderly population is important in order to improve their quality of life. A cross sectional study was conducted among elderly in three primary care clinics, Kuantan, Pahang in assessing the depression and its associated factors. The respondents were selected through convenient sampling and interviewed by using reconstruct standardized questionnaire which includes social-demographic background, medical illness, ability to perform basic activities of daily living (ADL), cognitive function and depression assessment. Out of 600 elderly that attended the clinics from 1st December 2006 to 31st January 2007, 182 (30.3%) respondents agreed to enroll in the study. The respondents comprised of Malay (93.4%), females (54.4%) and married (71.4%) elderly. Most of them were living with their family (92.3%), received formal education background (64.8%), had no past history of hospital admission (81.3%) and median income per capita of RM250 per month. Most respondents (90.7%) suffered from chronic illness, 19.8% were functional dependent (according to Barthel index), 15.4% had cognitive impairment (according ECAQ) and 17.0% had depression (according to GDS-14). The study revealed that depression were found significantly difference with increasing age, marital status, occupation, living arrangements, history of hospital admission and presence of cognitive impairment. These findings highlighted that high prevalence of elderly attended the primary care clinics have a depression that require greater in health intervention by healthcare professionals.
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author	Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Samsuddin, Niza
author_facet	Md Aris, Mohd Aznan Samsuddin, Niza
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title	The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_short	The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full	The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort	prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in kuantan, pahang, malaysia
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The prevalence of depression among elderly patients attending primary care clinics in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia

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