Authors, Year Title of Purpose of Key Results of the Application of Findings

(Name of Study the Study Study to Philippine Setting

student)

Kowalska, J., Occurrence The aim of A major problem of This can be applied in
Msc, E.B., of the study patients after a Philippine settings since
Gieracha, J.S.,
Depressive was to stroke is their most of the family who
Rymaszewska, Symptoms analyze the attitude toward had a family member
J., and Among prevalence their disease. experienced stroke
Roek-Piechur Older of According to especially geriatric
a, K. (2015) Adults after depressive Heijmans et al., the client, they can not
a Stroke in symptoms level of acceptance perform interventions
the Nursing among older of a disease is or lack of knowledge
Kit, Alyssa Home adults after affected by physical and skills regarding the
Rochelle A. Facility stroke in a limitations.In intervention needed
nursing conclusion, thats why they send to
home (NH) poststroke nursing home or home
depression is above for the aged. Elderly
all the patient's who suffers from post
response to the stroke had the
sudden, traumatic tendency of losing their
experience that a motor skills, speech
stroke is with its abilities and memory
many consequences and experience
such as a loss of depression due to
effective inability to participate
communication with some activities that
the surrounding need motor skills thats
environment, why they think of not
physical disability, participating that leads
and a rapid to disengagement in
deterioration of the society to depression.
quality of life right Loneliness, poor
up until now functional status,
(Spetruk & Opala, presence of cognitive
2005). Numerous impairment, and a low
overlapping psycho degree of acceptance of
and somatogenic the disease do affect
factors occurring in the occurrence of
patients as well as depression among
long-term stroke patients
hospitalization are subjected to long-term
formation of hospitalization in
 depressive nursing home
symptoms. This conditions.
results in the need
for close
cooperation of
centers with
psychiatrists and
psychologists as well
as some
watchfulness on the
part of the whole
medical team and
family to
immediately spot
the signs indicating a
reduced mood and
possibly an onset of
depression.

Sonia Janice Positive This study The result of this This can be applied to
Pilao, CEU, Ageing and sought to study has the Philippine setting by
Assistant Perception identify the underscored the fact relating the causes of
Professor, of level of that the abandonment with the
Manila Loneliness agonies of environment that physical, emotional and
Philippines among the elderly will receive this mental to help the
Elderly in terms of: population need to nursing facilities
Dennis Relojo, Population physical, be prepared so that improve the quality of
South Essex emotional there is a humanised care they need to
College, and mental; caring environment implement with
Learning and to and also this place geriatric patients who
Support characterize should have a are experiencing
Coach, Essex, the cause of proposal to offer depression.
United abandonme opportunities to
Kingdom nt; and, health promotion of
lastly to the elderly and not
Glenda relate the just provide food
Tubon, CEU, causes of and medicine.
Assistant abandonme
Professor, nt with the
Manila, physical,
Philippines emotional
and mental.
Marietta
Subida, CEU,
Assistant
Professor,
Manila
Philippines

(June 2016)

Jimenez, Ivy
Joy D.

De Guzman, Examining The purpose The results shows Chronic illnesses

A.B., Jurado, the of the study that chronic illness accounts for more than
J.B.N. & Juson, Structural was to test a will only cause half of the Filipino
J.A. (2015) Relationshi model that depression if it populations
p of describes negatively affects cause of death (WHO,
Paw, Angela Chronic the the elderlys life 2002), early detection
A. Illness, relationship satisfaction. It also of signs and symptoms
Physical between showed that an of these diseases may
Function, chronic increase in duration result in decreased
Life illness and and number of mortality rates.
Satisfaction depression chronic illness Additionally, health
, and Social and how it causes a decline in promotion and lifestyle
Support in might affect the elderlys physical changes
the with the functioning. An must be started early to
Developme physical increase in duration prevent the negative
nt of functioning, and number of effects on physical
Depression life chronic illness also functioning in later life.
Among satisfaction causes a decrease in Management of these
Filipino and social the illnesses involves more
Elderly in support elderlys life than just
Institutiona among the satisfaction. This treating the medical
lized filipino finding runs parallel conditions.
Settings elderly in with what Konagaya, Psychological and
institutionali Watanabe, Ohta, emotional problems
zed settings and such as coping with role
Takata (2010) stated changes must also be
that chronic illnesses addressed. This study
have a negative also invites nurse
impact on the practitioners to manage
quality of life among chronic conditions
elderly people. collaboratively by
Findings of the study working together with
also show that the patients and families
higher the life to provide full range
 satisfaction, the medical and
lesser is the psychological
occurrence and interventions. Social
susceptibility to support from the family
depression. is an important factor
that has a direct impact
on life satisfaction.
Nurses also have the
responsibility to provide
supportive care that
includes teaching and
counseling.

Brown, E., Recognition The purpose Out of 403 patients In the Philippine
McAvay, G., of of this study who were evaluated, setting, unless home
Raue, P., Depression was to 97 (24 percent) were health nurses are able
Moses, S., Among investigate found to have either to accurately and
Bruce, M. Elderly the ability of major depression routinely assess
Recipients home health (64 patients) or patients for signs and
February 1, of Home nurses to minor depression symptoms of
2003 Care correctly (33 patients). The depression, depression
Services identify nurses correctly will remain a significant
Baguisa, depression identified health problem for
Celine V. among older depression among home health patients.
patients and 44 of the 97 patients In geriatric home care,
to describe who were depressed the only nurse
nurse and (sensitivity of 45.4) characteristic that was
patient and 230 of the 306 associated with more
characteristi patients who were accurate assessment of
cs not depressed depression was the
associated (specificity of 75.2). extent of geriatric
with more The kappa nursing experience. This
accurate coefficient finding suggests that
assessment measuring overall education may help
of agreement between improve the accuracy of
depression. the nurses' assessment. This study
assessment and the can help us in the
diagnosis of recognition of signs and
depression was .19. symptoms consistent
Nurses who had with a depressive
more geriatric disorder should signal
nursing experience the need for further
were more likely to evaluation by the
correctly identify treating physician,
 depression. psychiatric nurse, social
worker, or other mental
health provider.

Martha L. Major Despite the The patients had According to the article,
Bruce, Ph.D., Depression growth of substantial medical geriatric major
M.P.H., Gail J. in Elderly geriatric burden and depression is twice as
McAvay, Home home health disability. According common in patients
Ph.D., M.S., Health Care services, to DSM-IV criteria, receiving home care as
Patrick J. Patients little is 73 (13.5%) of the in those receiving
Raue, Ph.D., known 539 patients were primary care. Most
Ellen L. about the diagnosed with depressions in patients
Brown, Ed.D., mental major depression. receiving home care are
M.S., R.N., health Most of these untreated. The poor
Barnett S. needs of patients (N=52, 71%) medical and functional
Meyers, M.D., geriatric were experiencing status of these patients
Denis J. patients their first episode of and the complex
Keohane, seen in their depression, and the organizational structure
M.D., M.S., homes. The episode had lasted of home health care
David R. authors for more than 2 pose a challenge for
Jagoda, M.A., report the months in most determining safe and
C.C.C., S.L.P., distribution, patients (N=57, effective strategies for
and Carol correlates, 78%). Major treating depressed
Weber, R.N., and depression was elderly home care
M.S. treatment significantly patients. This
status of associated with phenomena is also
DSM-IV medical morbidity, common in the
major instrumental Philippines and such
depression activities of daily study can provide a
in a random living disability, structure and
sample of reported pain, and a framework in
elderly past history of determining depression
patients depression but not among elderly in the
receiving with cognitive Philippines to provide
home health function or safe and effective
care for sociodemographic strategies for treating
medical or factors. Only 16 the depressed.
surgical (22%) of the
problems depressed patients
were receiving
antidepressant
treatment, and none
was receiving
psychotherapy. Five
 (31%) of the 16
patients receiving
antidepressants
were prescribed
subtherapeutic
doses, and two
(18%) of the 11 who
were prescribed
appropriate doses
reported not
complying with their
antidepressant
treatment.

DE GUZMAN, Correlates To examine A multiaspect Since it is in the

the interplay questionnaire, which Philippine setting, The
A. B., of Geriatric
between included the UCLA researchers suggest to
MARAVILLA, Loneliness and among Loneliness Scale, explore other variables
loneliness, Revised Index for contributing to
K. N., in
social Social Engagement, loneliness in geriatric
MARAVILLA, Philippine isolation, Friendship Scale, nursing homes.
social and Life Satisfaction
V. A. M., Nursing engagement for the Third
MARFIL, J. D., Homes: A , and life Age-Short Form was
satisfaction used to gather the
MARIAS, J. Multiple among needed data and
A. R. AND Regression Filipino information. Results
elderly (n = of single and
MARQUEZ, J. Model 180) multiple regression
M. B. recruited analyses indicate an
from effect of the three
government factors (social
August 2012 and isolation, social
nongovernm engagement, and
Shamaikah C. ent nursing life satisfaction) on
Gloria homes in loneliness with
the social isolation
Philippines. having the greatest
impact on
loneliness. Notably,
increased social
isolation,
inadequate social
engagement and
 decreased life
satisfaction
consequently
aggravate loneliness.
Social engagement
produced a positive
effect to both social
isolation and life
satisfaction in a way
that a decrease in
social engagement
will decrease life
satisfaction and
increase social
isolation. On the
whole, loneliness in
geriatric nursing
homes is evident,
and it is shaped by
social isolation,
social engagement
and life satisfaction.
Impliedly,
interventions and
measures to
minimize loneliness
are necessary, and
further research is
needed to explore
other variables
contributing to
loneliness in
geriatric nursing
homes.

De Guzman, A. This study Results showed that Since filipinos highly

B., Jurado, J. N., Examining seeks to test the duration and value the presence of
& Juson, A. A. a model that their families more than
the number of present
(2015). describes anything the research
Structural chronic illness will
Relationshi the shows that family
relationship not lead to an support has an impact
p of
between increase in social in in life satisfaction
Chronic
Illness, chronic support, although and life satisfaction has
Physical illness and those things proved an effect on on
 Function, depression to have a negative depression.
Life and how this effect on physical
Satisfaction link might functioning and life
, and Social interact with
satisfaction. Social
Support in physical
the functioning, support from the
Developme life family also showed
nt of satisfaction, to have a direct
Depression and social impact on life
Among support. satisfaction while
Filipino Structural
social support from
Elderly in equation
the caregivers
Institutiona modeling
lized was used to revealed a negative
Settings examine the effect on physical
causalities functioning. Life
among satisfaction had a
these negative influence
variables.
on depression while
other suggested
variables have no
impact on
depression at all.
Through this model
examining the
variables relating to
depression, holistic
care must be
provided to manage
not only the medical
conditions of the
elderly but also their
physical, social, and
psychological
well-being.

Martin G. Risk Factors The goal of This study gathered This study is helpful in
Cole, M.D., for this study information about determining whether a
F.R.C.P.(C.), Depression was to group size at person could be
and Nandini Among determine baseline and depressed or not. In the
Dendukuri, Elderly risk factors follow-up, age, Philippines, we all know
Ph.D (2003) Community for proportion of men, that there is a
Subjects: A depression depression criteria, percentage in our
Systematic among exclusion criteria at country that belongs to
Quingua, Review and elderly baseline, length of the depressed group. As
Shaira Anne B. Meta-Analy community follow-up, number a student nurse and
sis subjects. of incident cases of future nurse, this study
depression, and risk could be helpful when
factors was assessing patient. With
abstracted from these factors that the
each report. As a study gathered that
result, In the could lead to
qualitative depression, we could
meta-analysis, risk give a quality health
factors identified by care to these patients
both univariate and and manage these
multivariate condition properly.
techniques in at
least two studies
each were disability,
new medical illness,
poor health status,
prior depression,
poor self-perceived
health, and
bereavement. In the
quantitative
meta-analysis,
bereavement, sleep
disturbance,
disability, prior
depression, and
female gender were
significant risk
factors. This study
concluded that
bereavement, sleep
disturbance,
disability, prior
depression, and
female gender
appear to be
important risk
 factors for
depression among
elderly community
subjects

Nicci,G., & Psychosoci The purpose Emotional This can be applied in

Toukhsati, S. al of this study well-being is Philippine setting
Functioning was to vulnerable to because depression is a
December 13, in the explore the changes in an treatable, yet disabling
2014 Elderly: An relationship individuals social disorder that
Assessment between and physical constitutes one of the
Parone, Lei of Self self-concept environment and most significant health
Airra -concept and reports of poor issues among the
and depression emotional elderly. It is important
Depression in elderly functioning in for elderly to complete
people living Residential Aged a Geriatric Depression
in Care (RAC). Among Scale to prevent
Residential forty-five residents, occurrence of negative
Aged Care comprising 17 males self-concept which may
(RAC) and 28 females were lead to further health
settings. recruited from 10 problems. Also,
low-care, RAC emotional well-being is
facilities in vulnerable to changes
Melbourne, in an individuals social
Australia. and physical
Participants environment that
completed the results to poor
Geriatric Depression emotional functioning.
Scale Short Form
and the Tennessee
Self Concept Scale:
2. The results
revealed that all
self-concept
domains were
significantly lower in
RAC residents in
comparison to
norms drawn from
community dwelling
samples. However, a
significant inverse
relationship
between depression
 and self-concept
domains was
observed in RAC
residents, with
28.8% of the
variance in
depression scores
accounted for by
Physical Self
Concept. These
findings identify
self-concept,
particularly physical
self-concept, as an
important predictor
of psychosocial
well-being in elderly
RAC residents.

Thakur, M., Depression To review Up to 35% of This can be applied to

Blazer, Dan in Long the residents in long the Philippine setting by
(2007) Term Care diagnosis term care facilities including level of
and may experience depression assessments
Solis, Kristina treatment of either major in the routine
depressive depression or assessment being
disorders in clinically significant conducted by the
long term depressive Health Care
care symptoms. These Professional or the
settings. symptoms are often Health care team itself.
not recognized for at Depression, although
least 2 reasons: often unrecognized in
depression is not the long term care, is a
focus of physician treatable condition and
and nursing deserves the attention
personnel and of the entire medical
depression is and Nursing Staff for it
frequently comorbid impairs not only the
with other problems psychological aspect
that are common in and well being of the
long term care, such person but also they
as cognitive physical well being.
impairment, medical
illness, and
functional
 impairment.
Nevertheless,
depression, once
diagnosed, can be
treated effectively in
the nursing home
setting. The
foundation of
treatment is
pharmacotherapy,
yet other
therapeutic
approaches, such as
exercise and
psychological
therapies may be of
value.

De Guzman, Correlates The purpose The focus of this This study raises
Allan B. of Geriatric of this study research was to awareness that factors
University of Loneliness was to examine how social affecting loneliness are
Santo Tomas, in examine the isolation, social not only confined to
College of Philippine interplay engagement, and physical aspects but to
Nursing Nursing between life satisfaction social dimension as
Homes: A and among relate to loneliness. well. A more thorough
Katrina N. Multiple loneliness, A correlation assessment on the
Maravilla; Regression social between the said variables used in this
Veniza Anne Model isolation, variables and study should be taken
M. Maravilla; social loneliness as in consideration when
Jomille D.V. engagement experienced by the taking care of the
Marfil; Janine , and life Filipino elderly living elderly. moreover,
Angelica R. satisfaction in nursing homes holistic care must be
Marias; and among was noted. Of the provided to these
Jorelle Filipino three variables, clients.
Michael B. elderly social isolation has
Marquez recruited the highest effect on
College of from loneliness.
Nursing, government Compared to
University of and impaired social
Santo Tomas, nongovernm engagement and
Manila ent nursing diminished life
homes in satisfaction, social
Tomacruz, the isolation has more
Samantha Philippines. significant effect on
 the loneliness felt by
the elderly. On the
other hand, social
isolation and
loneliness may have
been affected by
other factors such as
the participants
demographic status
because a large
percentage of the
respondent are
single, homeless and
abandoned. The
result of this study
suggests that social
engagement has a
positive impact on
life satisfaction. This
congruence of the
findings may
propose that the
elderly who are
satisfied with their
life are those who
have connected and
mingled with other
people. Still, levels
of social
engagement may
vary depending on a
persons interest
and preference.

K. Jongenelis, Prevalence To assess The risk factors for This study can be
A.M. Pot, and risk the major depression associated in Philippine
A.M.H. indicators prevalence were found to be setting wherein nursing
Beekman, H. of and risk pain, functional homes has a lot of
Kluiter, M.W. depression indicators of limitations, visual residents who
Ribbe (2004) in elderly depression impairment, stroke, experiences depression.
nursing in nursing loneliness, lack of Risk factors that were
Viaje, Dem home homes and social support, assessed on this study
Cyrille P. patients. measuring it negative lide eventis could also be associated
The AGED using and perceived with the patients here
 study Geriatric inadequacy of care. in our nursing homes.
Depression The prevalence of Geriatric Depression
Scale (GDS). major depression Scale can also be used
has a higher to assess the level of
percentage than depression that is being
minor and sub experienced by a
clinical depression. certain patient and
through this different
activities and solutions
will be made.

Melissa Measuring The The GDS and MDS This can be applied in
objective of Depression scales Philippine settings as
Koehler, depression
this study were uncorrelated. this journal identified
Terry in nursing was to Nevertheless, both different elements of
home examine the MDS and GDS depression. This may be
Rabinowitz,
Minimum measures due to differences in
residents Data Set demonstrated the manifest symptom
John Hirdes,
with the (MDS) and adequate internal content and/or the
Michael Geriatric consistency self-report nature of
MDS and
Stones, Depression reliability. The MDS the GDS versus the
GDS: an Scale (GDS) suggested greater observer-rated MDS.
G Iain
observation as measures depression among findings also suggest
Carpenter, of those with cognitive that the GDS and the
al depression impairment, MDS are not
Brant E Fries,
psychometr among whereas the GDS interchangeable
John N nursing suggested a more measures of
ic study home severe depression depression. This can
Morris and residents. among those with also be used in the
Richard N better cognitive Philippine setting in
functioning. The GDS order to validate nor to
Jones was limited by determine certain tool
missing data; the in order to assess the
DRS by a larger floor degree/level of
01 January effect. The DRS was depression among
more strongly elderly in the nursing
2005
correlated with homes/facilities, as well
conspicuous as to come up with a
depression, but only precise measurement
Ledda, Richan among those with using the appropriate
D. cognitive tool.
impairment.