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Does depression predict adverse outcomes for older medical inpatients? A prospective cohort study of individuals screened for a trial.

Cullum S, Metcalfe C, Brayne C, Todd C

Age and Ageing. 2008;37:690-695.

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Objective: to examine the relationship between depressive symptoms and hospital outcomes in an unselected consecutive sample of older medical inpatients. Design: a prospective cohort study of individuals screened for a trial. Setting: medical wards of UK district general hospital in rural East Anglia. Participants: six hundred and seventeen medical inpatients aged 65+ were randomly selected from consecutive admissions. Baseline measures: 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), the Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) and the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale—Geriatric (CIRS-G). Main outcome measures: length of hospital stay; discharge to a community hospital (for rehabilitation), institutional care or usual place of residence; dying in hospital. Results: depressive symptoms are independently associated with an increased likelihood of inpatient death and transfer to a community hospital for rehabilitation, but are not associated with longer length of stay. Conclusions: research evaluating effectiveness of identification and treatment of depression in older medical inpatients should consider including inpatient death and use of rehabilitation services as potential outcomes.

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37
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690
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695
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10.1093/ageing/afn193
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Manchester eScholar ID:
uk-ac-man-scw:1d28188
Created:
2nd September, 2009, 10:00:47
Last modified by:
Body, Stacey
Last modified:
10th March, 2014, 17:02:29

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