Demographic and clinical correlates of depression among older adults with arthritis in Nigeria
South African Journal of Psychiatry
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Title | Demographic and clinical correlates of depression among older adults with arthritis in Nigeria | |
Creator | Kareem, Yesiru A. Ogualili, Placidus N. Alatishe, Kehinde A. Adesina, Ismail O. Ali, Fatima A. Alatishe, Taiwo A. Uwakwe, Richard | |
Description | Background: Older adults have a high prevalence of chronic conditions like arthritis with morbidities, especially depression ranging up to 40% – 70%. Therefore, it is important to explore depression in older adults with arthritis.Aim: This study aimed to determine if any demographic and clinical factors are associated with depression in older adults aged ≥ 60 years with arthritis attending a rheumatology clinic.Setting: This is a cross-sectional study conducted over 6 months among 127 older adults on follow-up care in a university teaching hospital in the North-Eastern region of Nigeria.Methods: A clinical proforma with information about the type of arthritis, duration of illness, hospitalisation, use of medications, co-morbidity was utilised for the data collection. The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30), sociodemographic questionnaire and clinical proforma were administered. Data were analysed using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 26.0 with the level of significance set as 0.05.Results: The mean age (± standard deviation [s.d.]) was 66.6 (± 5.5) years, with males constituting 57.5%. The prevalence of depression was 57.8%. Osteoarthritis 30.2%, while 69.8% had rheumatoid arthritis. Sociodemographic factors associated with depression include age (p = 0.049), marital status (p = 0.001), and level of education (p = 0.001). Duration of illness (p = 0.02), hospitalisation (p = 0.03), and number of medications (p = 0.01) were clinical factors associated with depression score.Conclusion: The prevalence of depression in older people with arthritis is high and was associated with females, the widowed, no formal education; and those with long duration of illness, those using multiple medications, and those with repeated hospitalisation.Contribution: This finding can enhance the suspicion index for depression to establish standard operating procedures, which will help to improve therapeutic practice for caring for the older adult age group. | |
Publisher | AOSIS | |
Date | 2024-06-28 | |
Identifier | 10.4102/sajpsychiatry.v30i0.2264 | |
Source | South African Journal of Psychiatry; Vol 30 (2024); 7 pages 2078-6786 1608-9685 | |
Language | eng | |
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