A Research Synthesis of Depression in Old Age
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This study was research synthesis, objective was to study the research characteristics and impacts of factors which are related to depression in old age. The 65 researches that studied about depression in old age which were published between 2008 - 2017 and could be retrieved on online database and manual search were synthesized. The research instruments were the recording form of research characteristics and research evaluation form. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis while the effect size was calculated by Cohen’s d formula and correlation coefficient.
Majority of the selected researches were qualified in the Master Degree level and were published in 2013. Most of them were applied research and two major theories were used to apply in the research were biological and psychological theories. Researchers gathered the data using questionnaires that were developed by other researchers. Results showed that the factors which had the most impact in depression of old age were psychiatric history as a personal factor, an ability to perform routine as a biological factor, loneliness as a psychological factor, and type of residence as a sociological factor. The most effective treatment for depression in old age was counseling while the promotional activity to reduce the depression in old age was exercising.
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Academic articles, research articles, and book reviews in the Ph.D. in Social Sciences Journal are author’s opinions, and not the publisher’s, and is not the responsibility of the Ph.D. in Social Sciences Journal Philosophy Association, Ramkhamhaeng University. (In the case that research is done on human, the researcher has to be trained in Ethics for Doing Research on Human Training and has to produce the evidence of the training).
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