Prevalence and Factors Affecting Mental Health among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural South Karnataka

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dc.contributor.authorKA, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorPS, K.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-13T11:14:52Z
dc.date.available2025-08-13T11:14:52Z
dc.date.issued2025-06
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Ageing is a lifelong process of growing up and growing old. It begins at conception and ends with death. It is important to take into account the various physical and mental health issues that older adults experience. Objective: To determine the prevalence and factors affecting mental health among older adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted between January to June 2022 in the rural field practice area of tertiary care hospital in South Karnataka. Complete Enumeration method was used, total of 780 participant were interviewed using a semi-structured proforma. Mental health was assessed using General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) which is a a short, self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics were calculated using the mean, standard deviation, and proportion. To assess the relationship between risk factors, the chi square test was employed. Results: Using the GHQ-12 scoring, 50.4% of the older adults had mild distress & 18.6% of the older adults had severe distress. The factors affecting mental health were increase in age (p value<0.001), females (p value<0.01), poor occupational status (p value<0.001), poor socioeconomic status (p value<0.05), locomotor disability (p value<0.001) & those who suffered physical/mental abuse (p value<0.001). Conclusion: The mental health of older adults is at stake. It was observed that stress was seen with increasing age, females, unemployment, lower socioeconomic status, broken family, hypertension, lack of social support, disability, and abuse.en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Community Medicine Department, PK DAS Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital and Medical College, Vaniamkulam, Kerala, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAssistant Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Kerala Medical College, Kerala, India.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKA S, PS K.. Prevalence and Factors Affecting Mental Health among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural South Karnataka . Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine, Gujarat Chapter. 2025 Jun; 16(2): 132-141en_US
dc.identifier.issn2229-337X
dc.identifier.issn2320-1525
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/253321
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherDr.Viral R.Daveen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber2en_US
dc.relation.volume16en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.51957/Healthline_712_2025en_US
dc.subjectGeneral Health Questionnaire-12en_US
dc.subjectMental Healthen_US
dc.subjectOlder adultsen_US
dc.subjectRisk factorsen_US
dc.titlePrevalence and Factors Affecting Mental Health among Older Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study in Rural South Karnatakaen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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