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| Screening for depression in older medical inpatients | | Author(s) | Sarah Cullum, Sue Tucker, Chris Todd |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 5, May 2006 |
| Pages | pp 469-476 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Screening ; In-patients ; Psychogeriatric units ; Eastern England. |
| Annotation | Depression is common in older people with physical health problems, but is often undetected and untreated. This may be partly due to the overlap of somatic symptoms. Nonetheless, the National Service Framework for Older People (NSF) recommends screening for depression in acute healthcare settings to improve health outcomes. This study is part of a larger study of liaison psychiatry in older medical inpatients in a district general hospital in East Anglia, and estimates the prevalence of depressive symptoms. The study shows that of 618 inpatients screened with the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), 44% scored above the normally recommended cut-off for depression. A stratified sample of 223 was further assessed using the Geriatric Medical State (GMS): the prevalence of ICD-10 depressive disorder was 17.7%. The study confirms that depression is common among older UK medical inpatients, with 1 in 6 suffering from clinical depression. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061109004 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 3V: LF7: LDM: 82EA |
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