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| Depressive symptoms in chronically ill elderly people in residential homes | | Author(s) | P Cuijpers, P van Lammeren |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 3, August 1999 |
| Pages | pp 221-226 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Chronic illness ; Depression ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Physical ill health is known to be a risk factor for depression. However, little is known about the relationship between chronic illness and depression in older people living in residential care homes. This study looked at the differences in the level of depressive symptoms between patients with different types of chronic illness, and the relationship between chronic illness and depression when other risk factors of depression were controlled for. A total of 424 people living in residential care homes in the Netherlands were included in the study. Residents with cognitive impairment were excluded. The degree of depression was assessed with the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and psychological distress was measured with the MOS-SF-20 mental health sub-scale. Other risk factors included functional impairment, earlier depression, degree of pain, life events, and social support. Few residents had no chronic illness and almost half had more than one illness. There was only modest evidence to suggest that chronic illnesses were related to depressive symptomatology or psychological distress, whereas other risk factors were found to be much stronger predictors. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991005206 A |
| Classmark | CI: ENR: KX: KW: 76H |
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