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Mental disorders affect older persons in Sweden
— a register-based study | | Author(s) | Gunilla Martinsson, Lena Wiklund-Gustin, Ingegerd Fagerberg, Christina Lindholm |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 26, no 3, March 2011 |
| Pages | pp 277-283 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; 65-69 age group ; Longitudinal surveys ; Clinical surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders based on pharmaceutical use among persons aged 65 and over in Sweden between the years 2006-2008. Data on the mental health of older persons were approximated on the basis of recommended prescriptions for pharmaceuticals. Each disorder was analysed to identify associated recommended pharmaceuticals. Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification codes were applied. The data covered 188,024 individuals who received over two million prescriptions for pharmaceuticals for mental disorders during a three-year period. Persons with pharmaceuticals for dementia disorders were excluded from the study. Results showed that the prevalence of mental disorders among the old in Sweden, measured on the basis of pharmaceutical use, was 6.6% in 2006, 2007, and 2008, respectively. Men constituted one-third of cases and women two-thirds. Prevalence was lowest in the age group 65-69 and increased subsequently with age. Overall results of the study show that mental disorders affect every fifteenth older person in Sweden. The prevalence of mental disorders increases with age. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110815010 A |
| Classmark | E: BBE: 3J: 3G: 76P |
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