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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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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