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| Incidence, prevalence and outcomes of depression in residents of a long-term care facility with dementia | | Author(s) | Jennifer L Payne, Jeanne-Marie E Sheppard, Martin Steinberg |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 3, March 2002 |
| Pages | pp 247-253 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 200 residents of Copper Ridge, a US long-term care facility for the memory impaired, were followed every 6 months during the first year after their admission. On admission 19.9% had depression, most of whom (75%) had a previous history of depression. At 6 months, only 15% of the original 40 depressed patients were still depressed, and only 7.5% after 12 months. The incidence of depression at 6 and 12 months was 1.8% and 6.4% respectively. Most of those with new depression at 6 months were no longer depressed at 1 year. The annual attack rate (cumulative likelihood of depression over 1 year) for the total population was 26.4%. Rates for the sub-group of Alzheimer's disease (AD) were similar to rates for the whole population, except for an annual attack rate of 17.5%, reflecting a lower rate of depression on admission. The decline in depression over the year after admission likely reflects appropriate treatment and diagnosis of depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020327211 A |
| Classmark | ENR: EA: KX: 3J: 7T |
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