Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People, Penrith, NSW, Australia.
Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People, Penrith, NSW, Australia Department of Psychiatry, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;61(2):183-7. doi: 10.1177/0020764014539287. Epub 2014 Jun 19.
This study attempted to examine psychological morbidity among co-residents of older people living in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
This cross-sectional study evaluated psychological morbidity among co-residents using the Self-Reporting Questionnaire and psychiatric morbidity among older people using the 10/66 Dementia Research Group's population-based studies protocol. Socio-demographic data were also collected. Logistic regression was used for multivariate analysis.
Of 807 residents evaluated, 73 (9.0%) had significant psychological morbidity. Such morbidity was associated with being older, female, poorer, illiterate, currently employed and being a spouse of the older person. A diagnosis of depression, neuropsychiatric symptoms and greater disability in older people were also associated with psychological morbidity among co-residents.
Co-residents living with older people have significant psychological morbidity, which needs to be recognised and treated.
本研究旨在调查印度泰米尔纳德邦维洛尔市与老年人共同居住者的心理病态情况。
本横断面研究使用自我报告问卷评估共同居住者的心理病态情况，使用 10/66 痴呆研究组的基于人群的研究方案评估老年人的精神病态情况。还收集了社会人口统计学数据。采用逻辑回归进行多变量分析。
在评估的 807 名居民中，有 73 人（9.0%）存在明显的心理病态。这种病态与年龄较大、女性、较贫困、文盲、有工作和是老年人的配偶有关。老年人中存在抑郁诊断、神经精神症状和更高的残疾程度也与共同居住者的心理病态有关。
与老年人共同居住的共同居住者存在明显的心理病态，需要得到识别和治疗。
