Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms in a nursing home
R. Rozzini
Bok Engelsk 1996
| Utgitt | 1996
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| Omfang | Side 629- 634
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| Opplysninger | The aim of the study was to identify the prevalence of depressivesymptoms (GDS score) and predictors of mood changes over a 12-monthperiod in 56 nursing home residents (13 males and 43 females; meanage 81.1+/-8.6). At baseline, 48.2% of the residents who scored above11 on the MMSE had a GDS score >15. GDS score was associated withpain, disabling diseases and self-evaluation of health, andindependently with dissatisfaction with the nursing home environment,low level of nursing home social activities and younger age. Fivedepressed residents became non-depressed, eight non-depressed becamedepressed and 14 residents remained persistently depressed 12 monthsafter baseline. After controlling for potential confounders,increasing GDS score was independently associated with decreasingbasic activities of daily living, increasing number of clinicalproblems and younger age. Our data support the hypothesis thatspecific emotional adjustments can be found even in the apparentlystatic environment of the nursing home.
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