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Mental Health Problems and Sociodemographic Correlates in Elderly Medical Inpatients in a University Hospital in Egypt
المؤلفون المشاركون
Hassan, Mohamed M. M.
Esmayel, Emam M. M.
Eldarawy, Mohsen M.
Mohamed, Salem Y.
Mahmoud, Amira A.
المصدر
Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
العدد
المجلد 2013، العدد 2013 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2013)، ص ص. 1-4، 4ص.
الناشر
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
تاريخ النشر
2013-08-29
دولة النشر
مصر
عدد الصفحات
4
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background.
Depression and cognitive impairment are two common mental and public health problems especially among elderly.
In this study, we determined the prevalence of these problems and their associations with sociodemographic factors among hospitalized elderly in Egypt.
To achieve this, 200 elderly medical inpatients were included in this cross-sectional study.
Methods.
Comprehensive geriatric assessment was done for every participant.
Sociodemographic variables were assessed by interviews with patients and their family members.
Depressive symptoms were screened for by the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and the presence of depressive symptoms was defined as a GDS score of ≥6.
Cognitive impairment was assessed by the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Scale, and cognitive impairment was defined as a MMSE score of ≤23 out of a total score of 30.
Results.
The prevalence of both depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment was 72% and 30%, respectively.
Significant associations were noticed between each of depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment, and low income and advancing age (P<0.01), respectively.
Other associations were insignificant.
Conclusions.
The findings of this study may be an alarm for health authorities and staffs involved in elderly care to increase their awareness of social and mental health problems among the elderly.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Esmayel, Emam M. M.& Eldarawy, Mohsen M.& Hassan, Mohamed M. M.& Mahmoud, Amira A.& Mohamed, Salem Y.. 2013. Mental Health Problems and Sociodemographic Correlates in Elderly Medical Inpatients in a University Hospital in Egypt. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508426
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Esmayel, Emam M. M.…[et al.]. Mental Health Problems and Sociodemographic Correlates in Elderly Medical Inpatients in a University Hospital in Egypt. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508426
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Esmayel, Emam M. M.& Eldarawy, Mohsen M.& Hassan, Mohamed M. M.& Mahmoud, Amira A.& Mohamed, Salem Y.. Mental Health Problems and Sociodemographic Correlates in Elderly Medical Inpatients in a University Hospital in Egypt. Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-508426
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references
رقم السجل
BIM-508426
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