Depression Among Elderly People: A Literature Review
Mina, Nasir Uddin (2017)
Yrkeshögskolan Arcada
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017121321153
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017121321153
Tiivistelmä
Depression is a situation where a person feels enormously sad, distressed and hopeless with little to no energy for normal physical or mental activities. It is accompanied by a feeling of loss of guilt and lowering of self-esteem.
The aim and purpose of the study were to find out the debilitating factors causing the increase in the prevalence of depression and to seek the nurses` role in prevention and treatment of depression among aged population. The methodology of this study was a literature review and 12 articles have been reviewed. Inductive content analysis has been used for this study.
The result of the study suggests that the prevalence of depression is on the increase due to lack of social support, divorce, alcoholism, smoking tobacco, lack of physical activity and exercise, stress, conflicts between old and new values etc. It also indicates that nurses play a vital role in reducing depression by encouraging social support, using Interventions for Depression Improvements (INDI) model, involving family members, initiating collaborative care, development of a good nurse-patient relationship, promotion of positivism, encouragement of physical exercises, patient education and creating of self-awareness among elderly patients. The study recommends that the implementation of non-medication treatment must be given a more prominent stand in the treatment of depression.
The aim and purpose of the study were to find out the debilitating factors causing the increase in the prevalence of depression and to seek the nurses` role in prevention and treatment of depression among aged population. The methodology of this study was a literature review and 12 articles have been reviewed. Inductive content analysis has been used for this study.
The result of the study suggests that the prevalence of depression is on the increase due to lack of social support, divorce, alcoholism, smoking tobacco, lack of physical activity and exercise, stress, conflicts between old and new values etc. It also indicates that nurses play a vital role in reducing depression by encouraging social support, using Interventions for Depression Improvements (INDI) model, involving family members, initiating collaborative care, development of a good nurse-patient relationship, promotion of positivism, encouragement of physical exercises, patient education and creating of self-awareness among elderly patients. The study recommends that the implementation of non-medication treatment must be given a more prominent stand in the treatment of depression.