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Assessment of late life anxiety and depression among the elderly at geriatric home

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Abstract

Back ground: Ageing is unavoidable developmental facts that bring along several changes in the physical,psychological,and social status.Most of these changes are associated with increasing health complications, including late life depression and anxiety. Aim: assess late life anxiety and depression among the elderly at a geriatric room. Methods: a descriptive research design was performed on a convenient sample consisted of 20 elderlies at Elhlal Elahmer and El-Noor and El-Amal geriatric homes that are located in Beni-suef governorate, Egypt. Tools: data were collected using 1) Socio demographic questionnaire, 2) Geriatric Depression Scale, 3) Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale. Results: the results of this study show that more than half of studied subjects suffer from symptoms of late life depression, results show also that more than two third of studied subjects suffer from late life anxiety.Conclusion: results of this study concluded that,there was asignificant relationship between late life anxiety and depression among the elderly at a geriatric room. Recommendations: The study recommended for further research to assess psychosocial needs of the elderly.

Key words: late life depression, Late life anxiety, Elderly

DOI

10.21608/hijnrp.2022.134681.1012

Keywords

Key words: late life depression, Late life anxiety, Elderly

Authors

First Name

elshimaa

Last Name

hassan

MiddleName

atta

Affiliation

psychiatric and mental health nursing, faculty of nursing, helwan university

Email

elshimaaatta10@gmail.com

City

benisueif

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First Name

elshimaa

Last Name

hassan

MiddleName

atta

Affiliation

mentalheathnursing-facultyofnursingbeniseuifuniversity

Email

elshimaaatta@gmail.com

City

beniseuf

Orcid

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Volume

1

Article Issue

1

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34713

Issue Date

2022-06-01

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2022-04-19

Publish Date

2022-06-01

Page Start

42

Page End

57

Print ISSN

2735-5799

Online ISSN

2786-0183

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/article_245130.html

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Scientific Research Periodical

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1,926

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Journal

Publication Title

Helwan International Journal for Nursing Research and Practice

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https://hijnrp.journals.ekb.eg/

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Assessment of late life anxiety and depression among the elderly at geriatric home

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Created At

23 Jan 2023