Open AccessGambaran Tingkat Depresi pada Lansia di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Guguak Kabupaten 50 Kota Payakumbuh
Author(s) -
Mutiara Anissa,
Rinita Amelia,
Nadia Purnama Dewi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
health and medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2685-2772
pISSN - 2685-404X
DOI - 10.33854/heme.v1i2.235
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , observational study , medicine , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , descriptive research , psychology , physical therapy , nursing , statistics , mathematics , economics , macroeconomics
Depression is a mental disorder that is often found in the elderly. Symptoms of depression in the elderly are often covered by physical symptoms. Depression in the elderly is influenced by various factors such as biology, psychology and social. Depression can further reduce the quality of life in the elderly. The study is a descriptive observational study and observed on 30 subjects were carried out on April 7, 2018. Aim of the study to determine the description of the Depression Rate in the Elderly in the Guguak Health Center Working Area District 50 Payakumbuh City. In the study, the subjects were 8 men (11.3%) and 22 women (73.3%). Theaverage subject age is 69.3. year. The highest level of education in the study subjects was high school (40%). Most patients did not have a history of other medical diseases (60%). In the study, 33.3% of the elderly were depressed. The levels of depression experienced were mild depression (23.3%) and major depression (10%).