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Recognition of Depression and Anxiety among Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients
Joint Authors
Zhang, Amy Y.
Cooper, Gregory S.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2010, Issue 2010 (31 Dec. 2010), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2010-03-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This study investigated the ICD-9 diagnostic rates of depressive and anxiety disorders, including major depression, neurotic depression, adjustment disorder with depressed mood, depressive disorder NOS (not elsewhere classified), and anxiety states, among elderly Medicare beneficiaries (age ≥ 65) who received a colorectal cancer diagnosis between 1998 and 2002 in U.S.
The Seer-Medicare data, representing 14–25% of the U.S.
population, was used to examine ICD-9 diagnostic rates of depressive and anxiety disorders among 56,182 colorectal cancer outpatients and 265,382 noncancer outpatients, respectively.
The findings show that the ICD-9 diagnoses ranged from 1.5% to 1.8% for depressive disorders and 0.8% to 1.2% for anxiety states in the colorectal cancer outpatients, and from 2% to 2.5% for depressive disorders and 1.1% to 1.5% for anxiety states in the noncancer outpatients over five years.
More than 70% of colorectal cancer outpatients with a depressive diagnosis were diagnosed for depressive disorder NOS.
The findings suggest that the difficulty in recognizing depressive symptoms in colorectal cancer patients may contribute in part to the low ICD-9 diagnostic rates of depressive disorders.
They call for research attention to the investigation of depressive symptoms for improving the recognition and treatment in this patient population.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zhang, Amy Y.& Cooper, Gregory S.. 2010. Recognition of Depression and Anxiety among Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491144
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zhang, Amy Y.& Cooper, Gregory S.. Recognition of Depression and Anxiety among Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2010 (2010), pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491144
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zhang, Amy Y.& Cooper, Gregory S.. Recognition of Depression and Anxiety among Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients. Nursing Research and Practice. 2010. Vol. 2010, no. 2010, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-491144
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-491144