Open AccessMoving Out of Shadows: Depression among the Elderly in Dehradun District of Uttarakhand, India
Author(s) -
Kritika Tiwari,
Pradeep Aggarwal,
Rakesh Kakkar,
Ashitabh Tiwari
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of lifestyle medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2288-1557
pISSN - 2234-8549
DOI - 10.15280/jlm.2020.10.2.102
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , spouse , loneliness , residence , statistical significance , geriatric depression scale , demography , gerontology , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , cognition , sociology , anthropology , economics , macroeconomics
Depression, a stigma swept under the rug, has morphed to be tabbed as the theme of World Health Day 2017 by the World Health Organization (WHO). Depression in old age is stereotypically tethered to the ageing process but it is a medical problem that has been under-researched. This study was conducted to estimate the point prevalence of depression among the elderly in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand and to identify its predictor variables.