title: Depression and Its Associated Factors in Older Indians: A Study Based on Study of Global Aging and Adult Health (SAGE)-2007.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the prevalence of depression and determine the factors associated with it in older Indians aged 50 years and above.
  
  
  METHODS
  This study was based on a nationally representative sample of 7,150 older Indians from WHO's Study of Global Aging and Adult Health, SAGE-2007. Mild, moderate, and severe depression was assessed through International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision, Diagnostic Criteria for Research (ICD-10-DCR). Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the impact of socio-demographic, health, and diet-related characteristics on depression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Estimated prevalence of mild, moderate, and severe depression in the past 12 months was 13.6%, 12.4%, and 8.2% respectively, in older Indians. Functional disability, cognitive impairment, low quality of life, low wealth status, and chronic conditions such as angina, asthma, or chronic lung disease were the significant (p < .05 or .1) risk factors for depression.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Protective and risk factors identified can be helpful in formulation of different policies for older Indians.
authors.affiliation: Departmetn of Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India rskulcsn@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ruhi S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kulkarni
authors.affiliation: Departmetn of Statistics, School of Mathematical Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India.
authors.forename: Ramkrishna L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Shinde
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
keywords: ICD-10-DCR; SAGE; depression; older Indian; quality of life