One of the most important consequences of fertility control and of improvements in the expectation of life at birth of the populations all over the World, is the ' Aging of the Population' characterized by the relatively rapid increase of the aged population i.e. the population aged 60 years...
Background: An attempt to analysis the characteristics of the elderly population in India as well as Uttar Pradesh by NSSO region classification. The 'elderly' group in a population is defined in terms of the proportion of person aged 60 years and above in the total population. Elderly ...
Depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment and functional impairment in a rural elderly population in India: a Hindi version of the geriatric depression sca... To measure depressive symptomatology in a largely illiterate elderly population in India, using a new Hindi version of the Geriatric Depression ...
Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension in a selected South Indian population--the Chennai Urban Population Study. There is however very little population based data particularly in South India. The aim of this study is to determine the prevalence of hypertension and ... CS Shanthirani,R Prad...
Several preliminary studies have been conducted in the field of the prevalence of depression, anxiety, and stress in the elderly population. These studies have examined the prevalence in limited geographic areas with small sample sizes. Also, there are many limitations in the meta-analysis studies....
Depression is among the major psychiatric illnesses affecting elderly population. Several somatic and neurological changes related to aging contribute to the development of depression. Recent metaanalysis on median prevalence rate of depression in elderly population across India has been estimated to be ...
Although the overall effect of global executive dysfunction on driving ability in the elderly population has been studied, relatively few studies have focused on the detrimental effects of specific impaired subfunctions on driving in this population. Uc, Rizzo, Anderson, Shi, and Dawson (2005) focus...
Assessment of nutritional status using anthropometric index among older adult and elderly population in India Article Open access 10 August 2023 Association of physical activity and socio-economic status on mortality in older adults: a retrospective cohort study of KNHANES-mortality linked data Articl...
India is home to one-fourth of the global geriatric population; the elderly population will rise to 319 million by 2050 [13]. According to the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Government of India, 2021, approximately 13% of the population in India will comprise adults aged 60...
Influences on the care of demented elderly people in the People's Republic of China The elderly population of the People's Republic of China is increasing rapidly. Yet few studies of dementia have been carried out outside the large cities... B, Ineichen - 《International Journal of Geriatric...