Krach P
Home Healthc Nurse. 1995 May-Jun;13(3):61-4. doi: 10.1097/00004045-199505000-00007.
This article discusses the complexity of assessing depression in older persons in a home setting. The author describes using the Older Adults Resource Survey to determine functional status in five domains. Other components essential to assessment of depression include inventory of medications, the Short Portable Mental Status questionnaire, the Mini-Mental Status, the Geriatric Depression Scale, a suicide assessment, and a drinking history.
本文讨论了在家庭环境中评估老年人抑郁症的复杂性。作者描述了使用《老年人资源调查》来确定五个领域的功能状态。评估抑郁症必不可少的其他组成部分包括药物清单、简短便携式精神状态问卷、简易精神状态检查表、老年抑郁量表、自杀评估和饮酒史。
