Abstract Background The elderly are a vulnerable section of the population who prone to physical, mental, social, and economic deprivation. effect COVID-19 had worldwide impact on all age groups, with particularly higher mortality morbidity rate among population. present study was undertaken know about psychological in geriatric during period pandemic. cross-sectional done through telephonic su...

BACKGROUND Results from recent studies addressing the vascular depression hypothesis have been mixed, with cerebrovascular risk factors (CVRFs) predicting depression in some geriatric patients but not in others. The current study seeks to examine executive dysfunction as a potential moderator of the relationship between CVRFs and depressive symptoms. METHODS Data concerning CVRFs, executive f...

BACKGROUND Postural instability (PI) is a disabling sign of Parkinson's disease (PD) not easily amenable to treatment with medication. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of balance training on PI in patients with PD. METHODS A total of 64 patients with PI were randomly assigned to the experimental group (n = 33) for balance training or to the control group (n = 31) for general physical exerc...

OBJECTIVE to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and hospital outcomes in an unselected consecutive sample of older medical inpatients. DESIGN a prospective cohort study of individuals screened for a trial. SETTING medical wards of UK district general hospital in rural East Anglia. PARTICIPANTS six hundred and seventeen medical inpatients aged 65+ were randomly selected f...

background: headache and depression are prevalent among general population. the aim of this study was to determine the associated factors of headache in elderly subjects with emphasis to depression. methods: all cohort of elderly individuals of the amirkola health study project were included. data regarding several clinical and demographic characteristics were provided via fill in quesstionnair...

CONTEXT Some meta-analyses suggest that efficacy of antidepressants for major depression is overstated and limited to severe depression. OBJECTIVE To determine the short-term efficacy of antidepressants for treating major depressive disorder in youth, adult, and geriatric populations. DATA SOURCES Reanalysis of all intent-to-treat person-level longitudinal data during the first 6 weeks of t...

ABSTRACT 
 Purpose: Our study aimed to determine the differences in levels of physical activity and healthy lifestyle behaviours elderly individuals living urban rural examine their relationship with depression.
 Methods: Individuals who are over 65 residing city were included study. The Healthy Lifestyle Behaviour’s Scale-II, Physical Activity Scale for Elderly, Geriatric Depression ...