@article{3145491,
    title = "Major depression in elderly medical inpatients in Greece, prevalence and
identification",
    author = "Michopoulos, Ioannis and Douzenis, Athanasios and Gournellis, Rossetos and and Christodoulou, Christos and Kalkavoura, Christina and Michalopoulou, and Panagiota G. and Fineti, Katerina and Liakakos, Theodore and and Kanellakopoulou, Kyriaki and Lykouras, Lefteris",
    journal = "Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research",
    year = "2010",
    volume = "22",
    number = "2",
    pages = "148-151",
    publisher = "EDITRICE KURTIS S R L",
    issn = "1594-0667, 1720-8319",
    doi = "10.1007/BF03324788",
    keywords = "Elderly inpatients; general hospital; major depression; underestimation",
    abstract = "Background: The aim of this study was to report the prevalence of
episodes of DSM-IV major depression, as well as their identification
rates, in elderly inpatients in a general hospital in Greece. Methods:
200 selected patients, 65 years old and over, hospitalized in Surgery
and Internal Medicine Departments, were assessed for major depression
over a period of 12 months (October 2006-November 2007) by means of
SCID-I/P, HADS, BDI and GDS-15. During the same period, liaison calls
from the same departments were evaluated and findings were compared.
Results: When psychiatric screening was performed, 28 patients (14%)
were diagnosed as suffering from a major depressive episode. During the
same period, there were only 20 liaison calls from the same departments
for patients over 65 years old, from which 4 patients were found to be
suffering from major depression. Comparison between the two periods
showed significant underestimation of depression. All psychometric
scales detected depression sufficiently. Conclusions: In general
hospital elderly inpatients, depression still remains underestimated.
Depression symptom scales could be used as routine tests for screening
major depression. (Aging Clin Exp Res 2010; 22: 148-151) (C) 2010,
Editrice Kurtis"
}