A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF DEPRESSION BETWEEN ELDERLY PEOPLE RESIDING IN SELECTED RURAL AREA AND IN URBAN AREA AT INDORE WITH A VIEW TO DEVELOP INFORMATION BOOKLET.

Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Prof. Rahul Nigam

A non-experimental comparative study was done to assess the of level of depression between elderly people

residing in selected rural area and in urban area at Indore with a view to develop information booklet The main

objectives of the study were: 1. To assess the depression level of elderly people residing in rural area. 2. To assess the depression level of

elderly people in urban area. 3. To compare the depression level between the elderly people residing in rural and urban area. 4. To associate

the depression level of elderly people with selected socio demographic variables. 5. To develop information booklet regarding level of

depression among elderly people. The conceptual framework adopted for the study was based on modi􀃶ed conceptual model of

martha.e.rogers �science of unitary human being� (1983). A descriptive approach with Non-experimental two group pre-test design was

used for the study. The sample consists of 30 Urban and 30 rural elderly people were selected by using non probability convenient sampling

technique was used to select the samples. The data collected was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The Comparison of

depression scores between rural and urban elderly people which reveal that there is highly signi􀃶cant difference in level of depression

between rural when compared to urban area. The mean depression score of rural area was 12.63 with SD�4.657 whereas urban area was

16.30 with SD�6.0249, which clearly reveal that the level of depression was higher among elderly people living in urban area.