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Co-occurrence of anxiety and depressive disorders in a community sample of older people
— results from the MRC CFAS (Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study) | | Author(s) | Kari Kvaal, Fiona A McDougall, Carol Brayne |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 3, March 2008 |
| Pages | pp 229-237 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Anxiety ; Depression ; Living in the community ; Longitudinal surveys ; Cambridgeshire ; Gwynedd ; Newcastle upon Tyne ; Nottingham ; Oxford. |
| Annotation | Few population-based studies have examined the whole range of sub-threshold syndromes and disorders of anxiety and depression in older people. The Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS) included 13004 people aged 65+ who completed the initial screening interview. A stratified random sub-sample of 2040 participated in the assessment interview where the Geriatric Mental State Examination (GMS) was administered. The AGECAT diagnostic system was used to generate sub-threshold and disorder levels of anxiety and depression as well as the combination of these into eight syndrome categories plus a group without any of the syndrome categories. Prevalence, adjusted and unadjusted odds ratio calculations were calculated in the syndrome categories in relation to cross-sectional personal and environmental factors, and odds ratios of sub-threshold and disorder levels were estimated. The overall prevalence of anxiety and depression were 3.1% and 9.7% respectively. There was a high prevalence of anxiety and depression occurring in parallel: overlap was 8.4%. The highest odds ratios unadjusted and adjusted for age and gender of anxiety and depressive disorders and significant for trend were found for increasing disability. The study found environmental factors to be strongly related to anxiety and depression; and overall, women have significantly higher estimates of anxiety and depression than men. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080411209 A |
| Classmark | ENP: ENR: K4: 3J: 8C: 98: 86A: 8NTF: 8OC |
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