?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Psychiatric+Morbidity+among+Elderly+People+Living+in+Old+Age+Homes+and+in+the+Community%3A+A+Comparative+Study&rft.creator=Nagaraj%2C+AKM&rft.creator=Mathew%2C+J&rft.creator=Nanjegowda%2C+RB&rft.creator=Majgi%2C+SM&rft.creator=Purushothama%2C+SM&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Background%3A+Disorders+such+as+depression%2C+anxiety%2C+cognitive+and+psychotic+disorders+have+a+high+prevalence+among+elderly.+There+is+some+preliminary+evidence+that+life+in+old+age+homes+is+perceived+by+inmates+as+more+supportive%2C+though+the+issue+is+not+well+studied.+Aim%3A+This+project+is+directed+towards+studying+and+comparing+the+psychiatric+morbidity+and+quality+of+life+of+elderly+people+residing+in+two+unique+settings%3A+community+and+old+age+homes.+Method%3A+It+is+a+cross-sectional+study+where+the+elderly+subjects%2C+50+each+in+both+the+groups%2C+were+selected+by+simple+random+sampling+technique+and+assessed+on+Mini+Mental+Status+Examination+(MMSE)%2C+Informant+Questionnaire+on+Cognitive+Decline+in+Elderly+(IQCODE)%2C+Brief+Psychiatric+Rating+Scale+(BPRS)+and+Quality+of+life+visual+analogue+scale.+Result%3A+On+comparison+using+suitable+statistical+analysis%2C+there+was+no+significant+difference+in+the+total+scores+on+MMSE%2C+IQCODE+and+quality+of+life+scale+across+the+groups.+Depression+was+present+in+22%25+of+people+in+the+community+and+36%25+of+old+age+home+inmates.+Psychosis+was+present+in+26%25+of+people+in+the+community+and+20%25+of+old+age+home+inmates.+Conclusion%3A+The+psychiatric+morbidity+is+high+in+elderly+irrespective+of+the+setting+in+which+they+live.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-01-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8855%2F1%2F2011-4-5.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nagaraj%2C+AKM+and+Mathew%2C+J+and+Nanjegowda%2C+RB+and+Majgi%2C+SM+and+Purushothama%2C+SM++(2012)+Psychiatric+Morbidity+among+Elderly+People+Living+in+Old+Age+Homes+and+in+the+Community%3A+A+Comparative+Study.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8855%2F