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dc.title | Neurotic depression in the elderly | |
dc.contributor.author | Ko, S.M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-28T10:16:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-28T10:16:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ko, S.M. (1994). Neurotic depression in the elderly. Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore 23 (3) : 367-370. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 03044602 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/131144 | |
dc.description.abstract | Depression is a common condition in the geriatric population. A retrospective study of 30 elderly patients suffering from neurotic depression, who were admitted consecutively to a general hospital psychiatric ward, showed a predominance of females (n = 21) over males (n = 9) and young-old (65 to 74 years, n = 22) more than old-old (75 years or over, n = 8). Their ages ranged from 65 to 85 years with a mean of 71.6 years, SD 5.5 years. Co-existing physical disorders were present in every patient, the average being 1.8 per patient, and half (n = 15) had two or more physical disorders. Cardiovascular diseases (e.g. ischaemic heart disease and hypertension) and diabetes mellitus were present in about seven-eighths of the patients. The two commonest symptoms were low mood (n = 18, 60%) and vague somatic complaints inexplicable by any physical pathology (n = 19, 63%). Sleep disturbance bothered 12 patients (40%), while nine (30%) had attempted suicide. Twenty patients (67%) were prescribed antidepressants and 13 (43%) received benzodiazepines in low dosages, mainly as hypnotics. Electroconvulsive therapy was necessary for two patients with high suicidal risk. The mean duration of admission was 15.3 days, SD 12.9 days. | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | inpatient | |
dc.subject | physical disorders | |
dc.subject | somatic symptoms | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore | |
dc.description.volume | 23 | |
dc.description.issue | 3 | |
dc.description.page | 367-370 | |
dc.description.coden | AAMSC | |
dc.identifier.isiut | NOT_IN_WOS | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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