A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan

Despite a high prevalence of elderly depression in Malaysia, professional help seeking is limited. This study aims to explore the expression of emotional distress among elderly in Kelantan, their help seeking behaviour and their knowledge on the availability of professional help. Qualitative inte...

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Main Author:	Sanggar, Arunah A/P
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	RC31-1245 Internal medicine
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/45832/1/Dr.%20Arunah%20Sanggar-24%20pages.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.458322019-12-11T01:43:26Z A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan 2018 Sanggar, Arunah A/P RC31-1245 Internal medicine Despite a high prevalence of elderly depression in Malaysia, professional help seeking is limited. This study aims to explore the expression of emotional distress among elderly in Kelantan, their help seeking behaviour and their knowledge on the availability of professional help. Qualitative interpretative phenomenological approach with face to face interviews were conducted in 19 Malay elderly who have been screened positive for depression. The emotional distress in the elderly emerged as ‘Life is Miserable’, ‘Depression is a Sign of Weakness’ and ‘My Destiny is Predetermined’. The emerging themes for help seeking behaviours are ‘Self Efficacy’, ‘Social Support Network’ and ‘Formal Non Mental Health Professionals’. All of the participants had no knowledge on the availability of professionals mental health services and claimed neither would they require these services despite being screened positive for depression. Therefore there is a need to improve mental health literacy among the elderly about depression and empower their social supports. 2018 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/45832/ http://eprints.usm.my/45832/1/Dr.%20Arunah%20Sanggar-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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language	English
topic	RC31-1245 Internal medicine
spellingShingle	RC31-1245 Internal medicine Sanggar, Arunah A/P A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan
description	Despite a high prevalence of elderly depression in Malaysia, professional help seeking is limited. This study aims to explore the expression of emotional distress among elderly in Kelantan, their help seeking behaviour and their knowledge on the availability of professional help. Qualitative interpretative phenomenological approach with face to face interviews were conducted in 19 Malay elderly who have been screened positive for depression. The emotional distress in the elderly emerged as ‘Life is Miserable’, ‘Depression is a Sign of Weakness’ and ‘My Destiny is Predetermined’. The emerging themes for help seeking behaviours are ‘Self Efficacy’, ‘Social Support Network’ and ‘Formal Non Mental Health Professionals’. All of the participants had no knowledge on the availability of professionals mental health services and claimed neither would they require these services despite being screened positive for depression. Therefore there is a need to improve mental health literacy among the elderly about depression and empower their social supports.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Sanggar, Arunah A/P
author_facet	Sanggar, Arunah A/P
author_sort	Sanggar, Arunah A/P
title	A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan
title_short	A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan
title_full	A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan
title_fullStr	A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan
title_full_unstemmed	A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan
title_sort	qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in kelantan
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan
publishDate	2018
url	http://eprints.usm.my/45832/1/Dr.%20Arunah%20Sanggar-24%20pages.pdf
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A qualitative study on elderly depression and their help seeking behaviour in Kelantan

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