Indian Journal of GERONTOLOGY
[Pages:140]Indian Journal of
GERONTOLOGY
(a quarterly journal devoted to research on ageing)
Vol. 32 No. 4, 2018
EDITOR K.L. Sharma
EDITORIAL BOARD
Biological Sciences B.K. Patnaik P.K. Dev S.P. Sharma
Clinical Medicine Social Sciences
Vivek Sharma Uday Jain
Prashanth Reddy N.K. Chadha
Shiv Gautam
Yatindra Singh Sisodia
CONSULTING EDITORS
A.V. Everitt (London), Harold R. Massie (New York), R.S. Sohal (Dallas, Texas),
Sally Newman (U.S.A.), Lynn McDonald (Canada), L.K. Kothari (Jaipur), S.K. Dutta (Kolkata), Vinod Kumar (New Delhi), V.S. Natarajan (Chennai), B.N. Puhan (Bhubaneswar),
Gireshwar Mishra (New Delhi), H.S. Asthana (U.S.A.), Arun. P. Bali (Delhi), R.S. Bhatnagar (Jaipur), D. Jamuna (Tirupati), Arup K. Benerjee (U.K.),
Indira J. Prakash (Bangalore), Yogesh Atal (Gurgaon), P. Uma Devi (Kerala)
MANAGING EDITOR Monica Rao
Indian Journal of Gerontology
(A quarterly journal devoted to research on ageing)
ISSN : 0971?4189 Approved by UGC ? No. 20786
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Contents
1. Intergenerational Living Arrangements and Depression among the
Elderly in Rural Eastern Uttar Pradesh
335
Alok Kumar, Anand Bihari, Subhi Srivastava and Sangeeta Kansal
2. Use of Public Transport by Older Women in Semi-urban
West Bengal, India
348
Tulika Bhattacharya
3. Elderly Abuse: A Study Based on the Eldelry Living in Old Age
Homes of Assam
364
Bikash Deka and Basobi Patir Department of Sociology,
4. Physical and Mental Health Status of Elderly People in Urban
Setting of Nepal
382
Mahendra Raj Joshi
5. Health Status of Elderly Population: An Empirical Evidence
from India
394
Sonali Chakraborty
6. Integrating Elderly into Community: A Socio-Economic Model 412 Anoop C Choolayil and Laxmi Puthran
7. Developing Healthy Defence Mechanisms as Effective Coping
Strategies in Elderly
427
Devshree
8. A Comparative Study of Health Problems and Disease Pattern
among Elderly in Urban and Rural Areas
441
KumKum Kumari Sharma
9. A Study of Health Challenges and Activities of Retired Government
Servants of Lucknow City
452
Neetu Batra
10. Government Policies and Programmes for Elderly Women
Living in Slum Areas of Aligarh
460
Sana Hashmi
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L 614 Dr. M. Varalakshmi Assistant Professor School of Medical Sciences, University of Hyderabad Gachibowli, Hyderabad Telangana
Indian Journal of Gerontology 2018, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 335?347 ISSN: 0971?4189, UGC No. 20786
Intergenerational Living Arrangements and Depression among the Elderly in Rural Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Alok Kumar, Anand Bihari1, Subhi Srivastava1 and Sangeeta Kansal1 Department of Statistics, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ? 221005 and 1Department of Community Medicine,
Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi?221005
ABSTRACT
Living arrangements with the family members play an important role in the life of the elderly. An unpleasant situation in the family creates a number of physical health and mental stress-related problems. An attempt was made in this study to find out the relation between the living arrangements and Parent-child relationship and depression level in 410 elderly, age varying from 60 years and above, living in rural area of Eastern Utter Pradesh (India). The sample (410 elderly respondents) was drawn by applying multistage random sampling technique from the different parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh, a northern and most populous state of India. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS Long Term) was used to measure the level of depression of these elderly people. High depression level was reported with increased age of the elderly persons (r= 0.23; p ................
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