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Mental Health Status And Quality Of Life Of The Elderly In Rural Saraburi, Thanan Supasiri, Somrat Lertmaharit, Thanapoom Rattananupong, Parinya Kitidumrongsuk, Vitool Lohsoonthorn

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Background: Mental health problems are frequently underdiagnosed in older populations. Mental healthproblems and poor quality of life (QoL) can lead to adverse health outcomes and economical loss. Awarenessof the problems can lead to finding their causes and proper managements.Objective: To evaluate the mental health status and QoL of the older population in a community in SaraburiProvince, Thailand.Methods: Secondary data from a cross-sectional survey with simple random sampling to evaluate mental health status and QoL of the elderly were used. The survey was done by interviewing participants aged 55 years and above by 183 4th-year medical students of the Faculty of …