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| Geriatric depression in Nigerian primary care attendees | | Author(s) | Olukunle O Sokoya, Olusegun Baiyewu |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 6, June 2003 |
| Pages | pp 506-510 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; Patients ; General practice ; Nigeria. |
| Annotation | 202 older Nigerians were screened using the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). The Geriatric Mental State schedule (GMS) was administered to participants who scored above the cut-off on the GDS, in order to assess psychopathology. Diagnosis of depression was based on ICD-10 criteria as well as the GMS-AGECAT programme. The rate of geriatric depression in primary care was found to be 7.4%; and for severe depression only 1.5%. Very low income and subjective report of poor health were significantly associated with depression in the cohort. AGECAT recognition of depression was comparable to that by the ICD-10. The study is the first known of geriatric depression in primary care in Nigeria. The rates are comparable with those obtained in other countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030702203 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: LF: L5: 7MT |
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