Abstract
Materials and methods Elderly patients(65 years of age; n = 473), visiting Emergency Department, complaining for chest pain, without coronary heart disease (normal ECG, without elevation of CK-MB and Troponin) were rated by General Practitioner using the GDS-30.Their mean age ± standard deviations was 69.8 ± 7.7 (male 70.1 ± 7.7; and female 68.7 ± 7.5) years.In the first phase, the patients completed the GDS, the Mini-Mental State Examination (M.M.S.E.) and a questionnaire on health and sociodemographic variables. They were interviewed using the Geriatric Mental Schedule (GMS), used by doctor who was unaware of the results of the GDS. Two categories were contemplated according to the results of the GMS: cases of depression (diagnosis of psychotic or neurotic depression) and nonpsychiatric cases.
Highlights
The purpose of this study was to use a Greek version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30) for diagnosis of depression in the elderly complaining for chest pain in Emergency Department
Patients(65 years of age; n = 473), visiting Emergency Department, complaining for chest pain, without coronary heart disease were rated by General Practitioner using the GDS-30.Their mean age ± standard deviations was 69.8 ± 7.7 years.In the first phase, the patients completed the GDS, the Mini-Mental State Examination (M.M.S.E.) and a questionnaire on health and socio- demographic variables. They were interviewed using the Geriatric Mental Schedule (GMS), used by doctor who was unaware of the results of the GDS
Two categories were contemplated according to the results of the GMS: cases of depression and nonpsychiatric cases
Summary
Detection of depression in patients in emergency wards using the Zoi Koutsogianni*1, George Kyriazopoulos[1], Andreas Kessaris[1], Niki Charaugi[2] and Dimitrios Sfiras[1]
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