Open AccessScreening for depression in elderly Indian population
Author(s) -
Ankur Barua,
Nilamadhab Kar
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.64595
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , medicine , simple random sample , population , confidence interval , demography , environmental health , economics , sociology , macroeconomics
The point prevalence of depressive disorders in the elderly population in India varies from 13 to 25%. Since the World Health Organization (five) Well-being Index (1998 version) is simple and easy to administer, an attempt is made to evaluate the Indian version of this instrument to identify depression in the elderly Indian community.