Living with Stigma: Depressed Elderly Persons’ Experiences of Physical Health Problems

Table 1

Physical health problems reported by the participants.

Participants	Age	Physical health problems	Gender
1	61	Neck pain, prolapse, infection in the optic nerve	Female
2	64	Stomach ache	Female
3	67	Back pain, poor vision, diabetes mellitus, heart attack, kidney stone	Man
4	73	Hypertension, arthritis, spondylitis, skin cancer, impaired hearing	Female
5	65	Tinnitus (ortopediese)	Female
6	92	Hip pain, poor blood circulation, impaired hearing	Female
7	74	Osteoporosis and pain when walking	Female
8	69	Hypertension, obesity, pain related to colon trouble (obstipation)	Female
9	62	Pain following ankle fracture	Female
10	82	Arthrosis of the knees and hips, diabetes mellitus, hypertension	Female
11	64	Apoplexia cerebri, cataract/poor vision	Man
12	62	Cataract/poor vision	Female
13	63	Low metabolism, brain tumour, osteoporosis	Female
14	69	Thyroid hormone problems	Female
15	72	Back pain, osteoporosis	Female