Elderly depression in front-line health services:A descriptive and evaluative cross-sectional study

Introduction Depression is a common pathology in the elderly, often unrecognized and mostly affiliated to consequences of aging,especially front-line services. It induces somatic functional impact even suicidal risk. When or neglected, depression can reduce life expectancy increases use healthcare institutionalization. Objectives -Determine point-prevalence elderly heath service Tunis. - Identify risk factors elderly. Methods A descriptive evaluative cross-sectional study on sample patients aged 65 more, tunisian general health care regardless medical reason. Sociodemographic clinical forms along with PHQ-9 scale (Patient questionnaire-9) validated dialect- were used. Results Thirty have participated our (21 men 9 women). The average age was 73.23 years. Chronic pathologies found 96.66% cases. are: female sex 70% cases, loneliness isolation 10% widowhood 50% grieving 6.6% cases comorbidity 96 .66% overall prevalence depressive symptoms 53.33%. This correlated advanced (57.14% women vs 33.33% men). symptomatology found, mild 18.5% 62.5% moderately severe Conclusions frequent multiple factors. aging Tunisian population one hand change social model (family nucleus) other, encourage early detection training professionals order limit its prevalence. Disclosure Interest None Declared