The Ability to Help Themselves and Depression of the Ageing

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to investigate the ability to help themselves and depression of the ageing based on sex and living conditions. The purposive sampling was employed to select a group of the 702-elderly aged between 60 and 90 years old using statistical values which were Mean (70.29) and Standard Deviation (7.32). The subjects were 285 men and 417 women. Based on the conditions of residence, 470 of them lived with families (Lf) while 232 lived alone (La). The ability to help themselves and depression was classified based on the aging-questionnaire, 2015 and Thai geriatric depression scale (TGDS) by the Ministry of Public Health. The results of the study found that most ageing still have good mental conditions and help themselves as normal basic movement.  But it is necessary considered base on a case-by-case depend on the condition of sex, living status and health condition.