Impact of Socioeconomic status on depression of Elderly in Punjab, Pakistan

Sana Fayyaz; Fatima Khurram Bukhari; Saba Pano; Jawaher Noor Ansari; Nabila Maqbool; Juvaria Akbar

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Impact of Socioeconomic status on depression of Elderly in Punjab, Pakistan

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Indian Journal of Science and Technology

DOI: 10.17485/IJST/v13i47.1537

Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 47, Pages: 4595-4602

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Impact of Socioeconomic status on depression of Elderly in Punjab, Pakistan

Sana Fayyaz^1*, Fatima Khurram Bukhari², Saba Pano³, Jawaher Noor Ansari³, Nabila Maqbool³, Juvaria Akbar³

¹Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Government Sadiq Women University Bahawalpur, Pakistan
²Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
³M.Phil. Scholar, Department of Applied Psychology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur

*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:07 September 2020, Accepted Date:04 October 2020, Published Date:23 December 2020

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Background/ Objectives: The present study explores the impact of socioeconomic status on the depression of the elderly. The study has been conducted on 800 respondents in Punjab, Pakistan. The main objective of the research was to examine the impact of socioeconomic status on geriatric depression of the elderly. Methods/ Statistical analysis: Questionnaires were used to collect data. Survey research design was used. Simple random sampling technique was used for the particular research. Findings: The results showed that socioeconomic has a significant negative correlation with the level of depression. This shows that those who have higher level of socioeconomic status tended to have lower level of depression. The ability to do routine activities in daily life is based on socioeconomic status was the most prevailing factor of having good mental health in old age. Novelty/Applications : The scholarship recommended that socioeconomic status is related to mental health and has a negative effect on people overall mental health in old age. Based on the findings, it is recommended that government may develop programs such as social security for the elderly people that will help them in maintaining their socioeconomic status. Mental health practitioners must focus on the interventions that will recognize the importance of mental health in later ages.

Keywords: Socioeconomic status; Geriatric depression; elderly; Pakistan

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