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| Functional status and depressive symptoms among older adults from residential care facilities in the Czech Republic | | Author(s) | Hana Vankova, Iva Holmervoa, Ross Andel |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 5, May 2008 |
| Pages | pp 466-471 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Correlation ; Czechoslovakia. |
| Annotation | Depressive symptoms are common in older people, particularly those living in long-term care facilities. The authors examined the relationship between functional status and depressive symptoms in 308 older people in residential care facilities (RCFs) in the Czech Republic. They used baseline data from two randomised controlled trials testing the effects of dance and reminiscence therapies on quality of life (QoL) in older RCF residents. Functional status was measured as cognitive function, general ability to perform basic activities of daily living (ADLs), mobility, and functional limitation by pain. Depressive symptoms were measured using the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). In multiple regression analyses, adjusted for sociodemographic factors and taking antidepressants, cognitive function and functional limitation by pain were most strongly associated with depressive symptoms. ADLs and mobility were also related to depressive symptoms. In the first such study in the Czech Republic, these findings suggest factors that may be important in efforts to improve psychological well-being in this population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080618204 A |
| Classmark | D: C4: CA: ENR: CT: KX: KW: 49: 7AC |
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