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Publikováno v:
Addictive Behaviors. 29:405-411
Smoking and the validity of information obtained on it is often questioned in view of the widespread belief that adolescents tend to under- or overreport the habit. The aim here was to verify smoking habits as reported in a questionnaire given in con
Autor:
Kimmo Pahkala, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä
Publikováno v:
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 49:290-296
OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the occurrence of depression predicts physical disability in older people. DESIGN: A longitudinal epidemiological study with a follow-up of 5 years. SETTING: A comparison between depressed and nondepressed participant
Publikováno v:
International Psychogeriatrics. 12:183-194
Aim: The aim was to identify the factors predicting and related to chronicity of depression among depressed Finnish elderly subjects. Material and Methods: The study consisted of 97 depressed (DSM-III criteria) elderly (60 years or older) Finns treat
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 15:940-946
The specific symptoms of depression associated with increased mortality in the depressed elderly are poorly known. The aim of this paper is to analyse the individual depressive symptoms measured by the Zung Self Rated Depression Scale (ZSDS) and the
Publikováno v:
Preventive Medicine. 29:107-111
Background. Community dental clinics are good settings for smoking intervention. The aim here was to put forward a strategy for preventing adolescent smoking by means of a brief intervention. Methods. A total of 2,586 12-year-olds participated in thi
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 13:527-530
The independent predictive roles of early losses, personality traits, acute losses and long-term stress situations for the occurrence of depression in elderly Finns were described using a longitudinal design. The persons non-depressed in an epidemiol
Publikováno v:
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 33:319-325
The survival of aged Finns suffering from dysthymic disorder (DSM-III criteria) was assessed in two cohorts (60+ yrs and 65+ yrs) in a longitudinal epidemiological study conducted in Ahtäri in western Central Finland from 1984 onwards. The mortality
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 12:942-950
Background. The 6-year survival of depressed elderly (N = 290) Finns was assessed and compared to that of a non-depressed population (N = 982), and the factors related to high mortality were analysed. Method. Depression was determined according to th
Publikováno v:
International Psychogeriatrics. 6:69-78
The 5-year prognosis for 264 depressed elderly Finns (60 years or older) living in the community and treated through the primary health care service is described. The majority of the patients were suffering from dysthymic disorder. It was found that
Publikováno v:
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 8:939-947
The 5-year prognosis for 199 elderly patients (60 yr+) suffering from dysthymic disorder is described. Twenty-nine per cent of the men and 39% of the women recovered, 26% of both were suffering from depression after 5 years, 9% of both had a possible