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| Dementia and depression in elderly medical inpatients | | Author(s) | Emese Linka, Gyorgy Bartko, Tamas Agardi |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 12, no 1, March 2000 |
| Pages | pp 67-76 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Depression ; In-patients ; Evaluation ; Hungary. |
| Annotation | Prevalence and correlation of cognitive impairments, major depression, and depressive symptoms among older medical inpatients are examined. This Hungarian study also compares the degree of depressive symptomatology and cognitive deterioration in possible vascular dementia and possible Alzheimer's disease (AD). 36 male and 64 female patients over 65 were interviewed and assessed by the Hachinski Ischaemic Scale, the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HDS) and Modified Mini-Mental State (MMMS) Examination. Major depression was established in 11 patients; deterioration of cognitive functions was seen in 66: cognitive impairment was mild in 30, moderate in 19, and severe in 17. 46 had mild depressive symptoms, and 27 had severe. A high prevalence of cognitive dysfunction and depressive symptomatology was detected, illustrating the importance of psychiatric care in older medical inpatients. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-001109207 A |
| Classmark | EA: ENR: LF7: 4C: 7AG |
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