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Assessment of depression in older medical inpatients
— practice, attitudes and the effect of teaching | | Author(s) | R Waller, J Hillam |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 4, no 3, August 2000 |
| Pages | pp 275-277 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; In-patients ; Medical wards ; Doctors ; Attitude ; In-service training. |
| Annotation | The extent to which junior doctors assess depression in older medical inpatients was determined, and how much this could be influenced by a teaching session and the availability of a depression rating scale. The study also aimed to determine attitudes to depression of hospital doctors and senior nurses involved in the medical care of older people. Case note scrutiny was used both before and after a teaching session and distribution of depression rating scales, together with administration of the Depression Attitude Questionnaire. Participants were medical inpatients aged 65+ at a district general hospital, also medical and senior nursing staff involved in their assessment and care. No patient had a documented mental state assessment on admission. This was unchanged following the intervention. The questionnaire suggested that the problem lay not with knowledge, but with willingness to be involved in managing depression. To make a difference, any training must allow for changes in attitudes about "ownership" of depression management. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001018231 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: LF7: LD4: QT2: DP: QWD |
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