Prevalence of depression and associated risk factors among the elderly in Middle Anatolia, Turkey

ARSLANTAŞ D., ÜNSAL A., Ozbabalik D.

GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, vol.14, no.1, pp.100-108, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 14 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/ggi.12065
  • Journal Name: GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.100-108
  • Keywords: activities of daily living, elderly, geriatric depression scale, instrumental activities of daily living, population-based study, LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION, GERIATRIC DEPRESSION, COMMUNITY, POPULATION, PREDICTORS, QUALITY, ADL
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

AimThe present cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence of depression among the elderly, and to examine the relationship between depression and dependency in activities of daily living.