Copeland J R, Dewey M E, Wood N, Searle R, Davidson I A, McWilliam C
Department of Psychiatry, University of Liverpool.
Br J Psychiatry. 1987 Jun;150:815-23. doi: 10.1192/bjp.150.6.815.
A sample of 1070 elderly persons aged over 65 living in the Liverpool community was interviewed using the community version of the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) and the findings processed to provide a computerised diagnosis by AGECAT. Levels of organic disorder, probably dementia, reached 5.2%, intermediate between those of London and New York derived from previous studies. Levels for depressive illness overall were below those of other studies at 11.3% while levels for neurotic disorder were much the same at 2.4%. The rise in the prevalence of dementia with age was further confirmed. The GMS AGECAT Package provides a method for standardising both the collection of data and the diagnostic process for comparative epidemiological studies and other research.
对居住在利物浦社区的1070名65岁以上老年人进行了抽样调查，采用老年精神状态社区版（GMS）进行访谈，并对结果进行处理，以通过AGECAT提供计算机化诊断。器质性障碍（可能为痴呆症）的发生率达到5.2%，介于先前研究得出的伦敦和纽约的发生率之间。总体而言，抑郁症的发生率为11.3%，低于其他研究，而神经症的发生率为2.4%，与其他研究大致相同。痴呆症患病率随年龄增长而上升这一点得到了进一步证实。GMS-AGECAT软件包为比较流行病学研究和其他研究的数据收集及诊断过程标准化提供了一种方法。
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