Ryden M B, Pearson V, Kaas M J, Snyder M, Krichbaum K, Lee H, Hagans E, Hanscom J
Nursing Research Center, Long-Term Care of Elders, University of Minnesota School of Nursing, Minneapolis 55455, USA.
J Gerontol Nurs. 1998 Feb;24(2):21-9. doi: 10.3928/0098-9134-19980201-09.
Depression in newly admitted nursing home residents is a frequently overlooked area of nursing concern. Educating staff to systematically use a standardized depression assessment protocol with all newly admitted residents would facilitate efforts to enhance the quality of residents' lives by identifying depression so that prompt treatment is possible. Other previously admitted residents who appear to be particularly vulnerable to depression would also benefit from this assessment. The use of this protocol for the assessment of depression offers the possibility of providing more accurate and more comprehensive information regarding mood states than that currently being documented in the Minimum Data Set.
新入住养老院的居民中存在的抑郁问题是护理工作中一个经常被忽视的关注点。培训工作人员对所有新入住居民系统地使用标准化抑郁评估方案，将有助于通过识别抑郁来提高居民生活质量，从而实现及时治疗。其他似乎特别容易患抑郁症的先前入住居民也将从这种评估中受益。使用该方案评估抑郁，有可能提供比目前在《最低数据集》中记录的关于情绪状态更准确、更全面的信息。
