Τίτλος:
Major depression in elderly medical inpatients in Greece, prevalence and
identification
Γλώσσες Τεκμηρίου:
Αγγλικά
Περίληψη:
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
Συγγραφείς:
Michopoulos, Ioannis
Douzenis, Athanasios
Gournellis, Rossetos
and Christodoulou, Christos
Kalkavoura, Christina
Michalopoulou,
Panagiota G.
Fineti, Katerina
Liakakos, Theodore and
Kanellakopoulou, Kyriaki
Lykouras, Lefteris
Περιοδικό:
Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research
Εκδότης:
EDITRICE KURTIS S R L
Λέξεις-κλειδιά:
Elderly inpatients; general hospital; major depression; underestimation
