NIRUJ AGRAWAL, M.B.B.S., Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi-110029.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2002 Jan;44(1):34-40.
Thirty-one elderly depressive patients (diagnosed as suffering from depressive episode or recurrent depressive disorder according to LCD-10 diagnostic criteria for research) attending psychiatry O.P.D. or geriatric clinic at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS) and thirty-one elderly nonpsychiatric patients, attending geriatric clinic at AIIMS were subjected to a semi structured interview to gather information regarding life events. It was found that the elderly depressed patients experienced significantly higher number of stressful life events as compared to the control group. The stressful life events were specifically more in the females, those with low 'per capita income', and those who perceived crisis in the family.
31 名老年抑郁患者(根据 LCD-10 研究诊断标准诊断为抑郁发作或复发性抑郁障碍)在新德里全印度医学科学研究所(AIIMS)的精神科门诊或老年科诊所就诊,31 名老年非精神科患者在 AIIMS 的老年科诊所就诊,他们接受了半结构化访谈,以收集有关生活事件的信息。结果发现,与对照组相比,老年抑郁患者经历了更多的压力性生活事件。压力性生活事件在女性、人均收入较低的人群以及那些认为家庭有危机的人群中更为突出。