The statistics on suicide among people older than age 60 are frightening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that in 2011, more than 9,000 older adults died by suicide. Depression and economic insecurity are major risk factors for suicide in elders, and depression remains a...
quantitative methods and statisticspet ownershipolder peopleObjective: Depression constitutes a major health problem for older people, in this study defined as people 65years of age and older. Previous studies have shown that mental health among older people who live with animals could be improved, ...
Level of agreement between AGECAT diagnosis and ICD-10 was determined using κ statistics. Statistical significance was set at 5% level of probability. Result A total of 458 older persons participated in the study consisting of 261(57%) females. Mean age of participants was 73.65 (±7.89) year...
a valid and reliable screening tool that enables physicians to avoid potentially inappropriate medications, undertreatment, or errors of omissions in older people. Antidepressants can be gradually tapered over a period
Mental Disorder Statistics in America Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 22.1 percent of Americans ages 18 and older-about 1 in 5 adults-suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. When applied to the 1998 U.S. Census residential ...
Air pollution has been increasingly associated with heightened mental health risks. However, there is a scarcity of nationwide research addressing the mental health issue of rural older adults, as well as a lack of thorough investigations into the underl
Mental health is important in older age; neighborhood environment is considered a protective factor of depression. Research has established that a critical indicator of neighborhood environment, street connectivity, is related to older people's health. However, little is known about the relationship betw...
Official statistics show that 297 million Chinese people were aged 60 or above in 2023, accounting for 21.1 percent of the total population. According to the National Health Commission, the prevalence rate of depression in China was 2.1 percent in 2019, and that of anxiety disorders was 4.98 pe...
In con- trast, older people seem to be more susceptible to cardio- vascular disease, because aging can damage the function of the cardiovascular system [16]. According to the pre- vious statistics of the American Heart Association, the average incidence rate of cardiovascular diseases in peo- ...
In particular, older unmarried persons living alone might be particularly affected by the lockdown. Statistics reveal a U-shaped distribution. As Luhmann and Hawk- ley (2016) showed for the German context, among both younger and older adults, the proportion of people liv- ing alone is ...