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| Paranoid symptoms and hallucinations among the older people in Western Europe | | Author(s) | Svante Ostling, Kristoffer Backman, Marga Waern |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 28, no 6, June 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley, June 2013 |
| Pages | pp 573-579 |
| Source | www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | Ageing process ; Mental ageing ; Psychoses ; Paranoia ; Western Europe. |
| Annotation | It is not clear whether the prevalence of psychosis increases with age. The present study looked at the age-specific prevalence of psychotic symptoms in older people in Western Europe. The participants, all without dementia from Western Europe and with an age range of 65-104 years, took part in psychiatric examinations. In total, 2.4% of the men and 2.9% of the women had psychotic symptoms. Using a multilevel logistic regression model that included gender and age as a continuous variable, it was found that a five-year increase in age increased the prevalence of psychotic symptoms. A second multilevel regression model showed that wishing to be dead, depressed mood, functional disability, not being married and cognitive impairment measured with mini mental state examination were all associated with psychotic symptoms whereas gender was not. These findings show that the prevalence of psychotic symptoms in non-demented older people increases with age, and these symptoms are associated with other psychopathology, social isolation and problems with daily living. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130531207 A |
| Classmark | BG: D6: EL: ELP: 76 |
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