N Bayapa Reddy|M S Pallavi|N Bayapa Reddy|C Sainarasimha Reddy|Rajiv Kumar Singh|R A Pirabu
Psychological Morbidity Status Among the Rural Geriatric Population of Tamil Nadu, India: A Crosssectional Study
Kanchi Kamakoti CHILDS Trust Hospital
mental health problems like depression cognitive impairment anxiety sleep disorders arising senility neurosis living conditions common geriatric populationto study psychiatric morbidity among rural elderlya communitybased crosssectional studya study conducted 800 rural elderly subjects aged 60 years living ten randomly selected villages served rural health training center rhtc valadi tamilnadu state india cognitive functioning assessed mini mental status examination mmse depression geriatric depression scale shorter versionthe data analyzed spss 16 version statistical software using proportions chisquarea majority subjects widows widowers illiterates living family showing economic dependency prevalence cognitive impairment 4325 mean mmse score 233244 depression 470 61634 cognitive impairment depression disturbed sleep pattern associated female sex age illiteracy poverty loneliness low socioeconomic status familythe study showed definite association sociodemographic factors psychiatric morbidity encouraging nongovernmental organizations ngos working elderly running separate geriatric clinics effective implementation schemes like old age pension measures taken