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Eduardo Aguirre EscobarLeticia Carreño Saucedo
Daniel Cardoso Jiménez
Original Research Article
Prevalence of depression in hospitalized older adults who feel abandoned in Mexico
Eduardo Aguirre Escobar1, Leticia Carreño Saucedo*2 and Daniel Cardoso Jiménez3
1Graduado de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México (UAEM) Unidad Académica Profesional Tejupilco
2PhD. Dra. en Psi. Profesora de Tiempo Completo de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Unidad Académica Profesional Tejupilco
3Dr. en Edu. Profesor de Tiempo Completo de la Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México. Unidad Académica Profesional Tejupilco.
*Corresponding Author Email: psicoletty(at)hotmail.com
Tel.:+52 722 158 9161
Eduardo Aguirre Escobar |
Leticia Carreño Saucedo |
Daniel Cardoso Jiménez |
Article Number: irjpeh.22.011 | Pages: 92-96 | Vol. 9 (3), June 2022 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.15739/irjpeh.22.011
Received: January 21, 2022 Accepted: June 3, 2022 Published: June 28, 2022
Abstract
The objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of depression in older adult men and women who feel abandoned when hospitalized. Convenience sampling was used to enlist 113 voluntary participants at the Tejupilco General Hospital, regardless of symptoms or the service to which they were admitted. Irrespective of educational level, inclusion criteria for the study were >60 years old and the absence of mental illness. The study design was non-experimental and transactional with the use of the geriatric depression scale (GDS-15) to indicate the presence of depressive symptoms. SPSS statistical package was used to analyse the data obtained. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages were used to present the results of the study. The results obtained show that severe depression was more prevalent among the study’s participants as 22.1 and 13.2% of men and women, respectively, were diagnosed.
Keywords:
Abandonment, older adults, depression, hospitalization, prevalence
How to Cite this Article
Escobar EA, Saucedo LC, Jiménez DC (2022). Prevalence of depression in hospitalized older adults who feel abandoned in Mexico. Int. Res. J. Public Environ. Health. 9(3):92-96.
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