Background: There is scant literature from India assessing the burden of mental disorders
among elderly patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This study aimed to …

Background: Psychiatric illnesses are an important group of co-morbidities that can occur
among patients with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Both these chronic conditions …

Background: Psychiatric co morbidities like anxiety, depression and somatization are often
associated with chronic diseases such as Type2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) and …

Aims: To assess the burden of geriatric depression and determine its association with
sociodemographic factors such as religion, age, gender, education, marital status, and …

Objective Screening for non-communicable disease (NCD) risk factors can help in
prevention or reduction in the ill-effects of NCDs. Data on NCD risk factors in community …

Background Amongst all the ailments among the elderly persons, cognitive impairment has
significant impact on the quality of life. Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) like diabetes …

Methods: A survey was conducted in subjects aged 60 yr and above to identify the cases of
psychiatric morbidity in rural population from randomly selected two revenue blocks of …

BACKGROUND: Mental health problems such as cognitive impairment, depression, anxiety,
and sleep disorders arising out of senility, neurosis, and living conditions are common in the …

Background: The proportion of elderly people aged 60 years and above is increasing in
India alarmingly and they are at higher risk of developing neuropsychiatric problems if any …

Objective The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of depression and to explore the
association of specific chronic conditions as well as multi‐morbidity with depression among …