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Table 3 The prevalence of mental disorders in elderly people by age groups in Tabriz, 2017

From: Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in the aging population in the northeastern of Iran

Mental disordera

60–74

75–84

≥85

p-value

N= 804

%

N=160

%

N=36

%

MDD

128

15.3

34

20.9

10

27.8

0.041

Dysthymia

78

9.3

24

14.7

4

3.8

0.1

Phobia

38

4.5

8

4.9

0

0

0.4

Panic

25

3

5

3.1

1

2.8

0.9

OCD

52

6.2

7

4.3

2

5.6

0.63

GAD

46

5.5

9

5.5

0

0

0.35

Any anxiety disorder

145

17.3

25

15.3

3

8.3

0.32

Any depressive disorder

172

20.6

41

25.2

11

30.6

0.18

Any mental disorder

317

37.9

65

39.9

16

44.4

0.64

  1. aSome participants had more than one disorder. Therefore, the total number of disorders was more than the total number of participants