Volume : 7, Issue : 6, June - 2018

A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF DEPRESSION BETWEEN ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDING IN SELECTED RURAL AREA AND IN URBAN AREA AT INDORE WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP INFORMATION BOOKLET.

Prof. Rahul Nigam

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;A non-experimental comparative study was done to assess the of level of depression between elderly people</p> <div>residing in selected rural area and in urban area at Indore with a view to develop information booklet The main</div> <div>objectives of the study were: 1. To assess the depression level of elderly people residing in rural area. 2. To assess the depression level of</div> <div>elderly people in urban area. 3. To compare the depression level between the elderly people residing in rural and urban area. 4. To associate</div> <div>the depression level of elderly people with selected socio demographic variables. 5. To develop information booklet regarding level of</div> <div>depression among elderly people. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on modi􀃶ed conceptual model of</div> <div>martha.e.rogers &ldquo;science of unitary human being&rdquo; (1983). A descriptive approach with Non-experimental two group pre-test design was</div> <div>used for the study. The sample consists of 30 Urban and 30 rural elderly people were selected by using non probability convenient sampling</div> <div>technique was used to select the samples. The data collected was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The Comparison of</div> <div>depression scores between rural and urban elderly people which reveal that there is highly signi􀃶cant difference in level of depression</div> <div>between rural when compared to urban area. The mean depression score of rural area was 12.63 with SD&plusmn;4.657 whereas urban area was</div> <div>16.30 with SD&plusmn;6.0249, which clearly reveal that the level of depression was higher among elderly people living in urban area.</div>