en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="color:black"><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Introduction:</span></span></b> <span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Various reports have documented the psychological issues that affect the elderly. According to estimates, approximately 20% of the geriatric population experiences at least one psychological symptom or disorder. The aim of this study is to establish the frequency of psychological symptoms in the elderly population in İstanbul, Turkey.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Methods:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> This cross-sectional study was conducted with 350 participants aged 65 and over, between 01.02.2019 and 19.07.2019. The psychiatric symptoms of the participants were evaluated with the Symptom Check List-90 Revised (SCL-90-R) test.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="text-justify:inter-ideograph"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Results:</span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt"> Psychological symptoms are present in 32.9% of the elderly population. The prevalence of depressive symptoms is 32.9% and the rate of obsessions is 26.6%. Somatization is present in 13.4% of cases, while interpersonal sensitivity is observed in 8.9% of cases. The paranoid symptom rate is 10.6%. While 6.9% of the participants have possible anger disorder symptoms, the rate of participants with anxiety symptoms is 6.6%. The rate of participants with probable phobic symptoms is 5.4%, and the rate of those with psychotic symptoms is 4.0%.</span></span></span></span></span><br> <b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Conclusion</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt"><span new="" roman="" style="font-family:" times=""><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">: Psychiatric problems encountered in old age negatively affect the quality of life. Because the most common psychological symptoms were depression, obsession, and somatization, family physicians should conduct screenings for possible mental problems in elderly individuals registered with them, regardless of the reason.</span></span></span><br> <br> Corresponding Author: Can Oner<br> <a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-9060">View Orcid in Profile</a><br> You can search for this author in&nbsp;<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=%28Can+O%CC%88NER%5BAuthor%5D%29+AND+%28Health+Sciences+University+Kartal+Dr+Lutfi+K%C4%B1rdar+City+Hospital%5BAuthor%5D%29&sort=">PubMed&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=Qm2q_9wAAAAJ">Google Scholar Profile</a></div> Aged, Psychological Symptoms, Depression, Obsession, Somatization 59 63 http://ehj.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-452-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Ahmet Ozluk No Department of Family Medicine, Health Sciences University Kartal Dr Lutfi Kırdar City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye Can Oner drcanoner@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7831-9060 Yes Department of Family Medicine, Health Sciences University Kartal Dr Lutfi Kırdar City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye Hüseyin Cetin No Department of Family Medicine, Health Sciences University Kartal Dr Lutfi Kırdar City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye Engin Ersin Simsek No Department of Family Medicine, Health Sciences University Kartal Dr Lutfi Kırdar City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkiye