Depression and Loneliness Levels among the Older People, a Comparison between Living Alone, Living with Family or Living at Nursing Home
Journal Title: JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY MEDICINE - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 3
Abstract
Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between depression and loneliness levels with sociodemographic characteristics in older people. Materıals and Methods: The nursery section of the study was performed in İstanbul Darülaceze Kurumu on voluntary basis. The ones living alone and living with family were selected from the people applied to the policlinics in Okmeydanı Eğitim Araştırma Hastanesi. Data was obtained by answering the survey, include sociodemographic characteristics, Geriatric Depression Scale and University of California, Los Angeles Loneliness Scale (UCLA-LS). Results: Older people taken to study; %53 had low level of depression, %39,3 had mid-level and %7,7 had massive depression. According to the level of loneliness; the ones living alone at home was the highest(%42,5), the ones being nursed was second (%23) and the ones living at home with family(%25,5) p:0,0001). Participants' loneliness score averages was scaled 44 for the ones being nursed, 42 for the ones living with family and 50 for the ones living alone. For the olders having high level of loneliness, risk of depression was increasing 7,6 times (OR:7,66 P:0,0001). When the levels of loneliness according to sex were compared in the presence of depression; There was a positive correlation between depression score and loneliness score.Conclusıon: In the study, we found out that, rate of depression in older people is higher than the level in entire society, the same is true for the sense of loneliness, loneliness becomes more fierce, as depression becomes stronger, The older people living alone are more exposed to depression compared to the ones living with family or being nursed, and loneliness becomes a more important problem for these people,
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Ege Ağırman, Mehmet Ziya Gençer
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