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| Accuracy of recognition and diagnosis of comorbid depression in the nursing home | | Author(s) | P E Goodwin, M A Smyer |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 4, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 340-350 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Diagnosis ; Nursing homes ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Whilst some research has documented high levels of depression among older people in health care settings, other research has shown that some care providers are not very effective at diagnosing comorbid depression. This is a troublesome finding, as comorbid depression has been linked to a number of negative outcomes in older people. Early results have indicated that comorbid depression may be associated with a number of unfavourable consequences ranging from impairment in physical functioning to increased mortality. The health care setting with arguably the highest rate of physical impairment is the nursing home, where the effects of comorbid depression may also be most costly. The current analysis uses data from the Institutional Population Component of the National Medical Expenditure Survey (US Department of Health and Human Services, 1990) to explore rates of both recognised and unrecognised comorbid depression in nursing home settings. Using a constructed proxy variable representative of the DSM-III-R diagnosis of depression, results indicate that some 8% of nursing home residents have an unrecognised potential comorbid depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001018209 A |
| Classmark | ENR: LK7: LHB: 7T |
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