Depressive symptoms predicting six-year mortality in depressed elderly Finns
| Autor: | Kimmo Pahkala, Pekka Laippala, Sirkka-Liisa Kivelä, Tuula Pulska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Aging medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics Constipation Psychometrics Health Status Population Anorexia Sex Factors Predictive Value of Tests Risk Factors Weight loss Activities of Daily Living Adaptation Psychological Weight Loss Epidemiology medicine Humans education Psychiatry Finland Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Aged 80 and over Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Depressive Disorder education.field_of_study Depression Smoking Age Factors Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression Survival Rate Psychiatry and Mental health Female Geriatrics and Gerontology medicine.symptom Psychology Follow-Up Studies |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 15:940-946 |
| ISSN: | 1099-1166 0885-6230 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/1099-1166(200010)15:10<940::aid-gps220>3.0.co;2-c |
| Popis: | 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 Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) in association with mortality among depressed elderly subjects. The population consisted of 169 depressed (DSM-III criteria) aged (65+ years) persons from a Finnish epidemiological research project. The follow-up for deaths continued for about 6 years. When age, sex, smoking, physical health and functional abilities were taken into account, dissatisfaction, weight loss and gastrointestinal symptoms (anorexia and constipation) predicted mortality together with high age and poor physical health. Weight loss was related to an increased risk of death, specifically in the depressed. Dissatisfaction and gastrointestinal symptoms were more general markers of increased mortality. |
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