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Depression and associated factors in residents of a health care institution for the elderly
Author(s)	Yuka Watanabe, Fumiko Kaneko, Hideaki Hanaoka
Journal title	Physical & Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, vol 26, no 1, 2007
Pages	pp 29-42
Source	Haworth Document Delivery Service, The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, USA. http://www.HaworthPress.com
Keywords	Depression ; Evaluation ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Screening ; Japan.
Annotation	This Japanese study evaluated the prevalence of depression in residents of a health care institution for older people. Subjects were 44 people aged 65+ who had resided in a health care institution for 3 months or more. The Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD) was used to evaluate depression. Results showed that 50% of the residents exhibited mild to moderate depression; and that visual impairment, hypochondriac symptoms, grooming ability, and social cognition ability were significantly associated with it. These results suggest that rehabilitative interventions focusing on grooming and social cognition may prevent or mitigate the depression for these residents. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-071210212 A
Classmark	ENR: 4C: KX: LHB: 3V: 7DT
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