scholarly journals Depression among Elderly people attending at Senior Citizen Home, Bhaktapur

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bishnu Bhattarai ◽  
S Poudyal
Keyword(s):  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Introduction: Depression is the most common mental disorder in elderly people. The rapidly increasing growth of elderly population in developing countries including Nepal is at risk of increased population with depression.The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence and level of depression among elderly people attending day care center at Sidhi Saligram Senoir Citizen Home.Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study design was carried out among the elderly people attending day care center at Siddhi Shaligram Senior Citizens Home, Bhaktapur. Non-probability convenience time frame sampling technique was used to collect the data. The total sample was112 respondents. Face-to-face interview was carried out using Geriatric Depression Scale Long Form. Data analysis was done with SPSS 16 version and simple descriptive statistics and chi-square were applied for data interpretationResults: The study findings show that the prevalence of depression, i.e. 56.2% had depression. Among the depressed respondents, 77.8% had mild depression and 22.2% had severe depression. Depression among elderly people was found to be significantly associated with the sex (p=0.05) and the presence of chronic illness (p=0.000). However association was not seen among the age, educational level, and marital status, type of family, Income and disability.Conclusion: Prevalence of depression was found high among elderly people. Counseling and group discussion in day care center with psycho social support focused to female suffering from chronic illness is recommended.Journal of Manmohan Memorial Institute of Health SciencesVol. 3, No. 1, 2017, page: 36-44

scholarly journals Study Of Depression in Elderly: Prevalence and Factors Associated

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-23
Author(s):  
S. Subedi ◽  
P. Shrestha ◽  
D.K. Thapa
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

Introduction: Ageing is a normal phenomenon. Various studies shows that there is a sharp rise in the elderly population in the last few years. Prevalence of depression in elderly is found to around 13% in the community sample in various countries. There is a dearth of study related to psychiatric illness in elderly in Nepal. This study was aimed to find the prevalence of depression in elderly and see for various factors associated with elderly depression. Material And Method: This was a cross-sectional study conducted at Siddharthnagar Municipality, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi. 316 elderly were selected by using systematic random sampling technique. A Semi- structured interview schedule was developed to collect Socio-demographic data. The Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale (SF-GDS) was used to find out the prevalence of depression among elderly people. Ethical Approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee, Chitwan Medical College and permission was obtained from Siddharthnagar Municipality, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi. The collected data was entered in Epidata 3.1 and the data was exported and analyzed in IBM SPSS 20. Results: There were a total of 316 samples in this study. The mean age of respondents was 68.47 years of age. Majority of the respondents (54.1%) were female and living in joint Family (72.2%). Almost 45.9% respondents were from upper caste groups, 90.5% of respondents were Hindus. Among the married (100%) respondents, 54.6% of respondents were living with spouse and 3.2% were divorced and separated from spouse. Depression was present in 49.4% of respondents were depressed. Among depressed respondents, 46.7% of respondents were having mild depression, 39.2% moderate depression and 14.1% severe depression. Conclusion: The finding of this study concluded that depression among elderly people was a substantial problem in Siddharthnagar Municipality, Bhairahawa, Rupandehi.

VirtualCareGiver

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seiki Tokunaga ◽  
Kazunari Tamamizu ◽  
Sachio Saiki ◽  
Masahide Nakamura ◽  
Kiyoshi Yasuda
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Care Robots ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Is Design

Many care robots have received a lot of attention to help elderly people, however existing care robots have difficult to adapt personalization. For instance, some programmers have to customize robot program to meet needs of individual. In this paper, the authors' goal is design and develop care robot which provides personalization for an individual elderly people with an efficient and reasonable way. Their proposed service consists of three essential components; VirtualCareGiver (VCG), VirtualCarePersonalizer (VCP) and CareTemplate. VCG is a robot agent, which provides a personalization and integration for each elderly people. The VCG is offered care tasks based on care template which VCP generates. VCP provides adaptation for individual elderly on the cloud. The authors also conduct an experimental evaluation to demonstrate the feasibility with actual 11 subjects in a day care center. As a result, both font size and voice volume are especially contributed for the subjects.

scholarly journals Child Day Care Center Use and Mental Stress of Working Mothers

2022 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Tasnuva Nawrin Himika ◽  
Md Ziaul Islam
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Mental Stress ◽  
Working Mothers ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Nuclear Family ◽  
Care Center ◽  
High Stress ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Child Day Care

Background: Some of the working mothers use child day care center (CDCC) for their children to reduce their mental stress. This study was designed to assess the association between mental stress of working mothers and child day care center use. Methods: This comparative cross sectional study was conducted among 106 working mothers of whom 53 were CDCC users and 53 were non-users from January to December, 2019. Data were collected by face to face interview by a semi-structured questionnaire. Mental stress was estimated by Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). Data were analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Quality control checks for data were done. All ethical issues were maintained strictly in different stages of the study and informed written consent was taken from each individual. Results: Mean (±SD) age was 32.92(± 2.901) and 33.55(± 3.160) years in CDCC users and non-users respectively. Average monthly family income was Tk.191698.11 in CDCC users and Tk. 209433.96 in non-users. Majority (67.9%) of the CDCC users lived in nuclear family while 67.9% of the CDCC non-users lived in joint family. Mothers had significantly higher (85.5%) stress who had maid servant in comparison to mothers who had not and mothers had higher (75.0%) stress who suffered from illness compared to mothers who did not suffer and it was significant (p<0.05). Both low (61.5%) and moderate (59.4%) stress were significantly higher among CDCC users while high stress (83.3%) was significantly higher among CDCC non-users. Chance of having low stress was high (OR=8.0) in mothers who were CDCC users than mothers who were CDCC non-users. Conclusion: CDCC non-users had high level of mental stress than the CDCC users. CDCC should be established with every organization to reduce the mental stress of working mothers. JOPSOM 2021; 40(1): 59-65

scholarly journals Frequency of enteroparasitic infections and serum positivity for Toxocara spp. in children from a public day care center in Southern Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 305-310
Author(s):  
G. M. S. Araújo ◽  
D. L. Walcher ◽  
I. F. Previtali ◽  
L. M. Lehman ◽  
M. P. Costa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Day Care ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Parasitic Infections ◽  
Low Literacy ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Prophylactic Measures ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits

Abstract Introduction Day care centers play an important social role in children’s early education and development. The objective of this study was to investigate the frequency of intestinal parasitic infections and infection with Toxocara spp. in children from a day care center in the city of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Methods: The study was conducted using fecal samples from 50 children, ages three to six years, using Ritchie, Faust, Rugai, and Kinyoun’s techniques. A closed and structured epidemiological questionnaire was used to collect data from the parents/guardians of the children. Serological studies for detection of antibodies to Toxocara spp. by immunoenzymatic assays using Toxocara excretion and secretion antigen (TES) were conducted on sera collected from 41 children. Results: The frequency of enteroparasites was 18%, with 43.9% of the children testing seropositive for Toxocara spp. Low family income and low literacy levels of parents/guardians were common factors between the families of the parasite-positive children. For the children who tested positive for Toxocara spp., most of the parents/guardians reported using only water for sanitizing raw vegetables and fruits. Conclusions: The high seropositivity rates for Toxocara spp. indicate that children were exposed to this parasite, and it is important to reduce the risk of infection. In addition, the seropositivity for enteroparasites and the interviews with the parents/guardians indicate the need to educate the studied population regarding the modes of intestinal parasite transmission and the prophylactic measures needed to prevent their dissemination.

scholarly journals Prevalence of depression among elderly people living in old age home in the capital city Kathmandu

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Ranjan ◽  
A Bhattarai ◽  
M Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Capital City ◽  
World Population ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
History Of

Background: There has been a considerable increase in the numbers of older people in the world population of both developed and developing countries. These populations are thought to be at greater risk for depression. Many researches are conducted on physical wellbeing of elderly but studies regarding depression among elderly, especially in old age home is lesser in the developing countries. Objectives: To assess depression among elderly residing in an old age home in Kathmandu and its association with some of the socio-demographic variables. Methods: One hundred fifty elderly people residing in social welfare centre elderly home, Pashupatinath, Gaushala, Kathmandu, Nepal were selected randomly. Geriatric depression scale (GDS) was applied in all the individuals to assess the prevalence and degree of depression. Results: This study showed that, 47.33% of population had depression. Among the depressed population, 70.42% had mild depression and 29.58% had severe depression. There was significant association between the prevalence of depression and history of physical illness. Conclusion: Depressive disorder is highly prevalent among the elderly population residing in the old age home in Kathmandu with history of physical illness. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/hren.v11i3.9634 Health Renaissance 2013;11(3):213-218

scholarly journals The Influence of Nonpharmacological Complex Therapy Conducted at Community Day-Care Center on the Cognitive Functions and Mood in Older Adults

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Gorzkowska ◽  
Izabela Zacharska-Quiaum ◽  
Joanna Cholewa ◽  
Jarosław Cholewa
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Cognitive Functions ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Complex Therapy

Nonpharmacological therapeutic interventions in elderly may lead to the reduction of cognitive and depressive symptoms. The aim of the study was to evaluate changes in cognitive functions and mood er or not. in older adults participating in therapy, conducted in the community day-care center (CD-CC). 46 elderly adults (21 M, 25 W) (SG) were examined. The control group (CG) included 45 adults (12 M, 33 W), who participated in the activities of the University of the Third Age (U3A). The following measuring tools were used: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Clock-Drawing Test (CDT), Verbal Fluency Test (VFT), Digit Span Test (DST), Stroop Color and Word Test (SCWT), Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI), and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). The intervention consisted of CD-CC 6-month complex therapy. In the SG, compared to the CG, the scores on the: MMSE, CDT, VFT, DST, and SCWT were significantly lower (p&lt;0,05), and BDI was significantly higher (p&lt;0,05). After intervention, the SG and the CG, did not show substantial differences in their scores on the: MMSE, CDT, and BDI. In the SG, a significant improvement (p&lt;0,05) was reported on the: VFT, BDI, and HADS scores. The CD-CC complex therapy can be helpful for the cognitive and emotional elderly functioning.

scholarly journals Assessment of nutritional status and body composition of elderly people living in nursing homes and a day-care center in Nysa, Poland

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-251
Author(s):  
Marzena Zołoteńka-Synowiec ◽  
Ewa Malczyk ◽  
Beata Całyniuk ◽  
Izabela Grzesik ◽  
Monika Hajuga ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Composition ◽  
Nursing Homes ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Day Care Center

scholarly journals Prevalence of Depression among elderly living in old age homes of Kathmandu Valley and its association with Sociodemographic variants

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Kafle ◽  
V.D. Sharma ◽  
S.P. Ojha ◽  
M Chapagain ◽  
P. Tulachan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Kathmandu Valley ◽  
World Population ◽  
Mild Depression ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Elderly Living ◽  
Old Age Homes

Introduction: There has been a considerable increase in the numbers of older people in the world population of both developed and developing countries. The increasing elderly populations are prone to depression. Studies regarding depression among elderly, especially in old age homes is lesser in the developing countries.Objectives: To estimate prevalence of depression among elderly living in old age homes in Kathmandu valley and its association with the socio-demographic variables, individual factors and environmental factors.Method: It is a cross sectional study where 203 elderly people residing in old age homes of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal were selected randomly. Interview was carried out using socio-demographic tool, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), ICD-10 DCR, Duke social support scale, UCLA loneliness scale, and Barthel index was used.Results: This study showed that, 47.3% of population had depression. Among them, 34.0% had mild depression and 13.3% had severe depression. There was significant association between the prevalence of depression, health problems, satisfaction with old age home, loneliness, social support and functional disability.Conclusion: Depressive disorder is highly prevalent among the elderly population residing in old age homes in Kathmandu Valley. This results in lowering their productivity and places burden to family and society. For this reason, concerned authorities should timely address depression in elderly people.  

VirtualCareGiver

2020 ◽  
pp. 1637-1652
Author(s):  
Seiki Tokunaga ◽  
Kazunari Tamamizu ◽  
Sachio Saiki ◽  
Masahide Nakamura ◽  
Kiyoshi Yasuda
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Experimental Evaluation ◽  
Day Care ◽  
Care Center ◽  
Font Size ◽  
Day Care Center ◽  
Care Robots ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Is Design

Many care robots have received a lot of attention to help elderly people, however existing care robots have difficult to adapt personalization. For instance, some programmers have to customize robot program to meet needs of individual. In this paper, the authors' goal is design and develop care robot which provides personalization for an individual elderly people with an efficient and reasonable way. Their proposed service consists of three essential components; VirtualCareGiver (VCG), VirtualCarePersonalizer (VCP) and CareTemplate. VCG is a robot agent, which provides a personalization and integration for each elderly people. The VCG is offered care tasks based on care template which VCP generates. VCP provides adaptation for individual elderly on the cloud. The authors also conduct an experimental evaluation to demonstrate the feasibility with actual 11 subjects in a day care center. As a result, both font size and voice volume are especially contributed for the subjects.

scholarly journals Prevalence of depression and associated factors among elderly people in Womberma District, north-west, Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nebiyu Mulat ◽  
Hordofa Gutema ◽  
Gizachew Tadesse Wassie
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Chronic Disease ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Co Morbidity ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
Poor Social Support

Abstract Background Depression is a common mental disorder that suffers many elderly people who are neglected, their problems are overlooked, and no efforts are made to mitigate their suffering. It is a mental health problem which is both underdiagnosed and under treated in primary care settings. This study was aimed to assess the prevalence and associated factors of depression among elderly people in Womberma District, Ethiopia. Methods A community based cross-sectional study was conducted from March 10/2020 - April 08/2020. From a 2269 study population, 959 study participants were selected by using computer-generated simple random sampling techniques from selected kebeles. Data were collected using Geriatric depression scale item 15 through face-to-face interviews. Then, entered into EpiData version 3.1 and then exported to SPSS version 23.0 for analyses. Bi-variable and multivariable logistic regression models were fitted to identify associated factors of depression. An adjusted odds ratio with 95% confidence interval was reported and statistical significance was declared at P-values < 0.05. Results The prevalence of depression among elderly people was 45% [95% CI: 41.7–48.5%]. Being female [AOR = 1.60, 95% CI [(1.15–2.23)], (age > =75 years [AOR = 7.95, 95% CI (4.98–12.68)], age 70–74 years [AOR = 5.52, 95% CI (3.52–8.66)], age 65–69 years [AOR = 2.39,95% CI (1.54–3.70)]; divorced [AOR = 2.53, 95% CI (1.59–4.03)], widowed [AOR = 2.65, 95% CI (1.61–4.34)]; poor social support [AOR = 3.32, 95% CI (1.77–6.23)] and presence of known chronic disease [AOR = 1.91, 95% CI (1.30–2.81)] were significantly associated factors with depression. Conclusions In this study, the prevalence of depression among elderly people was high compared with previous studies done in other parts of Ethiopia. Older age, being female, marital loss, presence of known chronic disease, and poor social support were contributing factors for depression among elders. Early screening and co-morbidity management of depression should be comprised in basic primary health care packages. And also, ensuring adequate social support by establishing the Geriatrics care center could play a crucial role to mitigate the suffering of the elders from marital loss provoked loneness and depression.

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