Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak

The demographic shift with an increased elderly population in Malaysia presents a major challenge for the health care system to meet the demand for health care services for the aged. Depression is a common illness in the older population and yet the recognition in practice is low. Depression is asso...

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Main Author:	Sharifah Norashikin, Binti Wan Ahmad
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General)
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12069/3/S%20Norashikin.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.120692024-01-10T04:58:48Z Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak 2010 Sharifah Norashikin, Binti Wan Ahmad H Social Sciences (General) The demographic shift with an increased elderly population in Malaysia presents a major challenge for the health care system to meet the demand for health care services for the aged. Depression is a common illness in the older population and yet the recognition in practice is low. Depression is associated with declining in general health of the elderly and it tends to be more severe in nature. This cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence of depression and its associated factor among elderly residing in Asajaya district of Samarahan division. Specifically, this study examined the association between socio-demographic factors, functional status, self-rated health status and self-reported medical illness with depressive symptoms and determined the predictors of depression in elderly pOPulatio~ Data were collected from 582 elderly respondents in eleven selected villages during two months study period study from 15 January 2010 until 15 March 2010 using face-to-face interview. Depression was measured by the Malay version of Geriatric Depression Scale-14 item (MGDS-14). The study finding showed overall prevalence of elderly depression was 65.1 % (n= 379) of total respondents, with 18.0% (n= 105) had moderate depression and 47.1 % (n= 274) had major depression. Significant associations were found between depression and socio. demographic factors (gender, age group, marital status, educational level, monthly income, source of income and living arrangement), functional status, self-rated health and self-reported medical illness. Hypertension, stroke, vision impairment, hearing deficit, joint pain! arthritis, hand! feet numbness and other medical illness were also significantly associated with VIII depression. From the multivariate logistic regression analysis, the predictors of depression were educational level, living arrangement, functional status and self-rated health status. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) 2010 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12069/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12069/3/S%20Norashikin.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS) Faculty of Medicine and Human Sciences
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description	The demographic shift with an increased elderly population in Malaysia presents a major challenge for the health care system to meet the demand for health care services for the aged. Depression is a common illness in the older population and yet the recognition in practice is low. Depression is associated with declining in general health of the elderly and it tends to be more severe in nature. This cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence of depression and its associated factor among elderly residing in Asajaya district of Samarahan division. Specifically, this study examined the association between socio-demographic factors, functional status, self-rated health status and self-reported medical illness with depressive symptoms and determined the predictors of depression in elderly pOPulatio~ Data were collected from 582 elderly respondents in eleven selected villages during two months study period study from 15 January 2010 until 15 March 2010 using face-to-face interview. Depression was measured by the Malay version of Geriatric Depression Scale-14 item (MGDS-14). The study finding showed overall prevalence of elderly depression was 65.1 % (n= 379) of total respondents, with 18.0% (n= 105) had moderate depression and 47.1 % (n= 274) had major depression. Significant associations were found between depression and socio. demographic factors (gender, age group, marital status, educational level, monthly income, source of income and living arrangement), functional status, self-rated health and self-reported medical illness. Hypertension, stroke, vision impairment, hearing deficit, joint pain! arthritis, hand! feet numbness and other medical illness were also significantly associated with VIII depression. From the multivariate logistic regression analysis, the predictors of depression were educational level, living arrangement, functional status and self-rated health status.
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author	Sharifah Norashikin, Binti Wan Ahmad
author_facet	Sharifah Norashikin, Binti Wan Ahmad
author_sort	Sharifah Norashikin, Binti Wan Ahmad
title	Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak
title_short	Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak
title_full	Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak
title_fullStr	Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak
title_sort	depression and its associated factors among elderly in asajayya district in samarahan division, sarawak
granting_institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
granting_department	Faculty of Medicine and Human Sciences
publishDate	2010
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Depression and its associated factors among elderly in Asajayya District in Samarahan division, Sarawak

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