The descriptive quantitative study was conducted to assess the depression among elderly people. Objective of study were to assess the level of depression among elderly population, to find out the association between depression and demographic variables, to develop an informational pamphlet on management of depression. The study conducted with the non-experimental quantitative research approach with convenient sample technique. The data in the above table shows that in the rural community about 27% of the elderly people are having no depression, whereas 17% of the elderly people are having mild depression, 4% of the elderly people are having moderate depression and 2% of the elderly people are having severe depression in the selected rural community. The findings of the studies shows that 54% elderly have no depression 34% have mild depression, 8% have moderate depression and 4% have severe depression.

Depression, association, level, variables