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| Comorbidity of depression and anxiety in nursing home patients | | Author(s) | Martin Smalbrugge, Lineke Jongenelis, Anne Margriet Pot |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 3, March 2005 |
| Pages | pp 218-226 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Anxiety ; Evaluation ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The prevalence of depressive disorders among nursing home patients is much higher than among older people living in the community, whereas the prevalence of DSM anxiety disorders is about half of that among older people living in the community. Comorbid depression and anxiety is most prevalent in the more severe depressive and anxious nursing home patients. These were the main findings of study based on data collected in the Amsterdam-Groningen Elderly Depression (AGED) study of 333 nursing home patients in 14 nursing homes in the Netherlands. Anxiety symptoms, anxiety disorders and depression were measured with the Schedule for Clinical Assessment of Neuropsychiatry (SCAN) and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Pure depression, pure anxiety and comorbid anxiety and depression have different sets of risk indicators, which probably have more value for clinical practice than for nosological purposes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050322201 A |
| Classmark | ENR: ENP: 4C: KX: LHB: 76H |
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