García C, Loyola J, Armstrong T
Hospital Parroquial de San Bernardo, Hospital Militar, Santiago de Chile.
Rev Med Chil. 1996 Apr;124(4):431-6.
To study the frequency of depression in elderly patients admitted to the Internal Medicine Service of an Institutional Hospital.
Patients over 65 years old admitted to the Internal Medicine Service of the Military Hospital at Santiago. Chile were assessed using the CDS-20 depression questionnaire and the FROMAGE score for dementia.
One hundred twenty seven patients (71 female), were assessed. According to the FROMAGE score, 30% had moderate and 35% had severe dementia. Ten percent of males and 12% of females were depressive. Moderately demented patients, females, subjects with low educational levels and those living alone had a higher frequency of depression. According to DSM-III the most frequent diagnosis among depressive patients was "adjustment disorder with depressive mood". Attending physicians made the diagnosis in only 11% of patients with depression.
Depression is frequent among hospitalized elders.
研究入住一家机构医院内科的老年患者中抑郁症的发生率。
对智利圣地亚哥军事医院内科收治的65岁以上患者，使用CDS - 20抑郁问卷和用于痴呆评估的FROMAGE评分进行评估。
共评估了127名患者（71名女性）。根据FROMAGE评分，30%有中度痴呆，35%有重度痴呆。男性中有10%、女性中有12%患有抑郁症。中度痴呆患者、女性、教育程度低的患者及独居患者抑郁症发生率更高。根据《精神疾病诊断与统计手册第三版》（DSM - III），抑郁患者中最常见的诊断是“伴有抑郁情绪的适应障碍”。只有11%的抑郁症患者由主治医生做出诊断。
住院老年人中抑郁症很常见。
