PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA AND DEPRESSION IN POPULATION 60 YEARS OLD AND OVER IN A VILLAGE IN MENOUFIYA GOVERNORATE

• PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA AND DEPRESSION IN POPULATION 60 YEARS OLD AND OVER IN A VILLAGE IN MENOUFIYA GOVERNORATE - Thesis 2006 - DIAB، MOHAMMED FAWZY GABR - MENOUFIYA UNIVERSITY. MEDICINE. NEUROPSYCHIATRY

المؤلف

DIAB، MOHAMMED FAWZY GABR

العنوان: PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA AND DEPRESSION IN POPULATION 60 YEARS OLD AND OVER IN A VILLAGE IN MENOUFIYA GOVERNORATE/ بيان المسئولية : PREVALENCE OF DEMENTIA AND DEPRESSION IN POPULATION 60 YEARS OLD AND OVER IN A VILLAGE IN MENOUFIYA GOVERNORATE

مكان النشر

MENOUFIYA : اسم الناشر: MENOUFIYA UNIVERSITY. MEDICINE. NEUROPSYCHIATRY

تاريخ النشر

2006 الحجم: 145p.

درجة الرسالة

thesis (MS.c) MENOUFIYA UNIVERSITY. MEDICINE. NEUROPSYCHIATRY

ملخص

The aim of the present work is to study the prevalence of damentia and depression in the population aged 60 years old and over in a village in Menoufiya (Egypt). The present study is a cross-sectional population based study. It was conducted on all people aged 60b years old and over in meet Afya on of Menoufiya governorate village. Each patient was subjected to Ten-word List learning task,Geriatric Depression Scal(GDS)&Geriatric Mental State Assessment Scale (GMS) the Arabic version. The number of the population aged 60 years old and over was 257. From the study we found that, the prevalence psychiatric disorder made by GMS was as depression cases constitute(804%) of all diagnoses, followe by,organicity(dementia)(4.4%), anxiety neurosis(2.8%), hypochondriasis92%). Obsession(0.8%) and schizophrenia(0.8%). From that GMS had high sensitivity and specificity in diagnosis of depression and dementia as confirmed by the DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. We found that most prevalent type of depressive disorders by DSM-IV diagnostic criteria in the studied population was minor type(8%) followed by the major one(0.6%)& dysthymia at last(0.8%). Regarding dementia, Alzheimer’s dementia was the most prevalent(2.4%) followed by vascular one (2%).

مؤلف فرعي

ABDEL ، MOHAME DEZZAT ELWANPROF / Supervisor مؤلف فرعي: ASHOUR، MONAEM MAHMOUD / Supervisor مؤلف فرعي: MOHAMMED، NABIL RASHHED / Supervisor