Prevalence of depression among Geriatric Population in a Rural Municipality of Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study
About one third of the elderly reported of having depression and more than 50% had mild depression. The depresson was more in age group less than 75 years, male, married and in nuclear family.
Authors
- Ramesh R. Bhatt
- Maheshor Kaphle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8121-6206)
- Anjana Thapa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7542-6653)
- Rajesh Karki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8431-2890)
Institutions
- Tribhuvan University (NP)
- Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Nepal Medical Association
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.8781
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.92