Case Report · pages 193–196
Depressive Disorders in Elderly: An Estimation of this Public Health Problem
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Ankur Barua, M. K. Ghosh, N. Kar, M. A. Basilio. Depressive Disorders in Elderly: An Estimation of this Public Health Problem. J Int Med Sci Acad. 2011;24(4):193–196.
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The pint prevalence of depressive disorders in the elderly population of the world varies between 10% and 20% depending on cultural situations. Objective of the study was to determine the median prevalence rates of depressive disorders in elderly population of India and various other countries in the world. retrospective study based on meta-analysis of various study reports of community based mental health surveys on geriatric depressive disorders conducted between 1955 and 2005in continents of Asia, Europe. Australia, North America and South America conducted.
Keywords
Depressive Disorders, Prevalence, Elderly, Median, content validity and reliability, before arriving at a final