BACKGROUND Late-life depression is common among elderly patients. Ignorance of the health problem, either because of under-diagnosis or under-treatment, causes additional medical cost and comorbidity. For a better health and quality of life (QoL), evaluation, prevention and treatment of late-life depression in elderly patients is essential. METHODS This study examined (1) the differences of c...

OBJECTIVES To determine the relation among the risk of falls, geriatric assessment, and anthropometric measurements, including the mini mental state examination, geriatric depression scale, handgrip test, and key pinch test. METHODS This prospective study included 89 residents hospitalized between May 2014 and September 2015 in the geriatric care unit of the Istanbul Balikli Rum Hospital, Ist...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate pain, depression and independence in activities of daily living in geriatric residents of nursing homes, as well as to evaluate the relationship between these parameters. METHODS 186 nursing home residents, aged 65 to 90 years, were enrolled in the study. Their socio-demographic features, depression levels, pain levels and independence in ac...

AIM To explore the association between depression in older adults and marital status, marital quality and relationships with close family members. METHODS This study is cross-sectional, carried out at the Department of Geriatric Psychiatry of Skopje Psychiatric Hospital. We studied 120 subjects, 60 patients with unipolar depression and 60 subjects without depression. There is no significant d...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Depression after stroke has been associated with increased mortality, but little is known about this association among very old people. METHODS A population-based study among people ≥85 years of age was conducted in northern Sweden and Finland, comprising cross-sectional assessments and subsequent survival data. The 452 individuals who had completed the Geriatric Depres...

BACKGROUND Having a diverse social network is considered to be beneficial to a person's well-being. The significance, however, of social network diversity in the geriatric assessment of people aged ≥80 years has not been adequately investigated within the Southeast Asian context. This study explored the social networks belonging to the elderly aged ≥80 years and assessed the relation of social ...

BACKGROUND Depression is the most common geriatric psychiatric disorder. Other than organic, socio-demographic factors, have been found to play an important role in mental health. In this study we evaluated the association of some socio-demographic factors with geriatric depression. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Out Patient Department registration area of a tertiary c...