TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Influence of the Family on Prevalence and Morbidity of Geriatric Depression among Elderly Gopd Attendees at UPTH
AU - Onya, O.N. AU - Stanley, P.C. 
JO  - Research Journal of Medical Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 1
SP  - 28
EP  - 34
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9346
DO  - rjmsci.2013.28.34
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjmsci.2013.28.34
KW  - UPTH
KW  -GOPD
KW  -Geriatric Depression Scale
KW  -family
KW  -care
AB  - The study was done to determine the influence of the family 
  on the prevalence of geriatric depression among the General Outpatient Department 
  of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital (UPTH) attendees. This 
  was done against the background of the family being the most important influence 
  on health and disease outcomes. Conversely, the family is the first to be affected 
  when any member of the family falls ill. A descriptive cross-sectional study 
  of one hundred and fifty randomly selected elderly patients attending the GOPD 
  was carried out. A structured questionnaire containing the geriatric depression 
  scale and the family questionnaire was administered to the patients that had 
  satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data was entered into the computer 
  using the Epi-Info Version 3.2.2 Software and analysed. Lack of family and social 
  support, marital disharmony, parents living with their children and feeling 
  of not mattering by the elderly were among the family attributes that were associated 
  with depression. Living alone was not a risk factor. It was also found that 
  the family had a significant role to play in the prevalence and morbidity of 
  depression in the respondents. Likewise, the care of depressed patients took 
  a toll on the family caregivers making them react adversely thereby worsening 
  the condition of the recipients of care.
ER  -