Prevalence and Factors Associated with Depression in Elderly with Chronic Disease Who Received Care at Ban Mai Chaiyapot Hospital, Burirum Province

Abstract

The objectives of this descriptive and association research were to examine prevalence and factors associated with depression among elderly with chronic illnesses who received services at Ban Mai Chaiyapot hospital, Buriram province. Personal factors included gender, age, educational level, medical status, chronic physical diseases and physical comorbidities. Family factors included number of family members, people living together, and family relationships. Economic factors included occupation, monthly income, source of income, and sufficiency of income. Social factor included frequency of participation in social activities. Samples of 343 were drawn from the total population of 2390 persons. Tools used in the study were questionnaires with quality with reliability. Statistics used to analyze the data included descriptive statistics and Chi-square ().

The results showed that the majority of the samples were females (n=208, 60.1%). The prevalence of the elderly with chronic diseases who had mild depression was 12 from the total of 343 persons (3.5%). There was no sample with moderate nor severe depression. Factors related to depression among elderly with chronic illnesses were personal factors include age (=19.400, p<0.001), educational level (=21.286, p<0.001), and physical comorbidities (=26.106, p<0.001). Family factors included people living together (=15.646, p=0.004). Social factors Included frequency of elderly joining the society (=30.410, p<0.001). The results of this study can be used in planning nursing care for elderly with chronic illnesses who have depression both in hospital and community settings.