Investigating of Geriatric Depression among Elderly in Nasiriyah City Jassim Hussein1,*, Tuama Alaa M1, Alwan Hassan1 1College Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq *Corresponding author: Hussein Jassim, College Nursing, University of Babylon, Iraq
Online published on 6 April, 2019. Abstract As the world's population ages, depression has been highlighted as a global public health concern and a significant risk factor for morbidity and mortality among older adults. Objective: To Investigating of Geriatric Depression among elderly in Nasiriyah City A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the community based population, A purposive “non-probability” sample of (300) participants who were selected from the community based population, health care center, key card offices and Geriatric Homes in Thi-Qar for the period from February 15th 2018 to April 26th of 2018. The study results have indicated that more than half of participants are within 65–74 years-old (n=209; 69.7%), their gender is approximate; (n=155; 51.7%) for male; more than half of them are Illiterate (n=165; 55.0%); more than a third of the elderly are occupying Housewife and Retired equally (n=118; 39.3%), the majority of them live in urban areas (n= 219; 73.0%); less than half of them report that their monthly income is Enough (n=131; 43.7%), The result reveals that more than third of participant has a Suggestion depression (n=114; 38%), in contrast to the less than quarter of participants who have Indicative depression (n=73; 24.3%). Top Keywords Investigating; Geriatric; Depression. Top |