Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of depression in nursing home residents

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Underdiagnosis and undertreatment of depression in nursing home residents

Original language description

Background: Depression in nursing home residents decreases their quality of life and is related to behavioral symptoms of dementia. Diagnosing depression in patients with advanced cognitive impairment may be challenging. The purpose of this study was tofind out how well depression is diagnosed and treated in Dutch nursing homes in relation with age and dementia severity. Methods: This cross-sectional study evaluated diagnoses and treatment of depression in nursing home residents using Minimum Data Set(MDS) information. Clinical and MDS-based diagnoses of depression were compared in 1851 residents of eight Dutch nursing homes and their medication use was analyzed. Results: A clinical diagnosis of depression was present in 14.4% of residents while 42.5% had an MDS diagnosis. This difference was mainly due to an increasing discrepancy between clinical and MDS diagnoses with increasing stage of cognitive impairment. Antidepressants were used only in 33.9% of residents with an MDS diagnos

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FH - Neurology, neuro-surgery, nuero-sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

European Geriatric Medicine

ISSN

1878-7649

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Volume of the periodical

2

Issue of the periodical within the volume

6

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

332-337

UT code for WoS article

000302847100003

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