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| Differences in psychosocial and health correlates of major and minor depression in medically ill older adults | | Author(s) | Harold G Koenig |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 45, no 12, December 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1487-1495 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Ill health ; In-patients ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Little is known about the characteristics of medically ill hospitalised older adults with different types of preventive disorders. This study compared the differences in correlates of different levels of depression in 542 medically ill hospitalised older people. A wide range of demographic, social, psychiatric, and physical health data were collected, and associations with major and minor depression were assessed. Compared with patients without depression, those with major depression were more likely to have a history of prior episodes of depression, higher dysfunctional attitude scores, greater overall severity of medical illness, cognitive impairment, and somatic complaints. Specific medical diagnosis was less important than overall severity of medical illness. When major and minor depression were compared directly, on the other hand, no significant differences were observed except for history of depression. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980316404 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CH: LF7: 7T |
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