Depression among older adults in COVID-19 pandemic, Family Medicine Clinic, Vajira Hospital: A cross-sectional study

Completed

• Conditions: Urban Health; Older people, aged over 60-year-old, attending family medicine clinic; Older Adults; Family Medicine Clinic

• Registration Number: TCTR20220812001
• Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital, Navamindhradhiraj University

Brief Summary

20.5 per cent of the participants had depression using TGDS-15. Older adults with no job, insufficient income with dept, and history of COVID19 infection were significantly associated with depression among participants. While, gender, age, marital status, education, amount of income, housing, underlying disease, history of substance use, and history of COVID19 infection among family and community were not associated with depression in our participants.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2021-10-31
• Study Start: 2022-08-12
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 156

Inclusion Criteria

The inclusion criteria were 60 years and over and able to read Thai.

Exclusion Criteria

The exclusion criteria were the rejection to participate in the project, and the participants had diagnosed cognitive impairment such as severe depression by screening the previous medical history.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Deression within the timefram of data collection Thai Geriatric Depression scale-15

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
gender within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,age within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,education within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,occupation within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,marital status within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,income within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,underlying disease within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,residence within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,history of substance use within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview,history of coronavirus 2019 infection within the timefram of data collection Demographic data using a questionaire interview