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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"geriatric depression"”.
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Assessment of Geriatric Depression: Construction of a New Screening Inventory
<p>Geriatric depression is strongly associated with increased healthcare costs, poor treatment outcomes, and mortality. Existing measures of depression in this population do not adequately account for more recent literature describing the presentation of depressed older adults, and thus may result …
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A Descriptive Survey of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses' Preparedness for Treating Geriatric Depression
… experience, and training in the treatment of geriatric depression. The population of older adults in the United States is growing rapidly, and it is becoming increasingly important for health care providers to have a thorough understanding of common mental health disorders. Depression is a …
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Identification of biological markers for neuropsychiatric disorders
Geriatric population is a rapidly growing segment of western communities. The need of management of this specifically vulnerable group of individuals has led to numerous studies concerning early detection of factors, which could be of importance for the course and prognosis of disorders in the …
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Depression on cortical and subcortical dementia syndromes
… methods included the Hamilton Rating Scale for depression derived from interview with the patient's primary caregiver (HRSCG) and from interview with the patient (HRSEX), and the self-report Geriatric Depression Scale. The severity of current depressive symptomatology across the three …
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Assessment of Hopelessness in Older Adults: The Development and Initial Validation of the Hopelessness Inventory for Later Life (HILL)
… treatment. It is more than a symptom of major depression; rather, hopelessness has been shown to be a strong risk factor for physical illness, suicidal behavior, and mortality. In fact, hopelessness has been found to be an independent risk factor for these negative outcomes controlling for …
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An investigation of factors associated with depression in older adults
… need for continued research into the etiology of geriatric depression and improved ways to detect individuals at risk for developing this disorder. The current study explores relationships between depression, health perception, life satisfaction, and loneliness for 44 older (51-79) subjects. …
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Evaluation of a brief behavioral activation therapy for depression (BATD) group protocol in an inpatientgeriatric psychiatry facility
… modified Brief Behavioral Activation Therapy for Depression (BATD: Lejuez, Hopko, & Hopko) intervention added to hospital treatment as usual on depressive symptoms (measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale) and global psychopathology (measured by the Brief Symptom Inventory) at a state-run …
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Relationship between Mental Activity and Cognitive Function in Community-Dwelling Elderly
… and cognitive function after adjustment for depression and anxiety. This study was based on the Suwon Project, which was a cohort comprising of nonrandom convenience samples of ethnic Koreans aged 60 years and above. All the subjects completed the study questionnaire including their …
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Relationship Between Anxiety and Stroke Warning Signs in the Elderly
… (K-MMSE), SGDS-K (Korean version of the Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form), BAI (Beck Anxiety Inventory). Stroke warning signs were defined as 5 stroke warning signs consistent with the American heart association public health message. There was significant relationship of anxiety and …
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The effectiveness of physical rehabilitation in the enhancement of proprioceptive and cognitive aspects on Alzheimer disease patients.
… on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), Quality of life in AD (QoL-AD), Barthel Index (BI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and Tinetti Scale scores (TS) compared to the ones of group factor. In the findings of post-hoc analysis it was observed: the …
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Relationship between Physical Activity and Cognitive Function in the Elderly
… (K-MMSE), Korean version of Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale and Beck Anxiety Inventory. The total time spent to complete 10 physical activities was recorded on a daily basis. The total amount of time spent to execute 10 physical activities was 91.9±98.9 minutes per day. K-MMSE …
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Factors Related to Mental Health Status in Elderly Type 2 Diabetes Patients
… had a higher SIADL score and a higher Korean Geriatric Depression Scale (K-GDS) score, suggesting physical disability and a more depressive status (SIADL: r=0.226, p=0.012, K-GDS: r=0.268, p=0.001). When patients were grouped according to chronic diabetes complications, patients with more …
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Nutrition parameters predicting functional status decline in the older adult
… decline. Affective function was measured by the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). Cognitive function was measured by the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT). Where decline was significant (p ≤ .05), nutritional parameters were used to predict (p ≤ .10) decline in this exploratory research. …
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Relationship between Subjective Memory Complaints and Cognition in The Elderly
… Examination (K-MMSE), and Korean version of Geriatric depression scale (SGDS-K). Subjective memory complaints were defined in two different ways; worse than others (SMC-O) and worse than one’s past (SMC-P). RESULTS: On analysis of covariance, there was significant difference of estimated …
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Individual Differences and Memory Aging Concerns of Older Adults
… Exam), and affective status (indexed by the Geriatric Depression Scale). Regarding specific memory aging concerns, obligations to others, spatial information, and important dates were most frequently reported as bothersome to forget. Fear of developing disease (e.g. dementia or Alzheimer’s …
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Metering Mood with Veggies: Association of skin carotenoid levels and depressive symptoms or mood disturbances
… to be associated with mood disturbancesand depression. Objective: The purpose of this thesis project was to determine if there is an association between skin carotenoid status and depressive symptoms or mood disturbances in cognitively normal older adults. Design: Baseline data were …
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Frequency of contact with non-cohabitating adult children and risk of depression in elderly: A community-based three-year longitudinal study in Korea
… with non-cohabitating adult children and risk of depression in the elderly. Method: Elderly aged ≥60 years were included from Living Profiles of Older People Survey(LPOPS) in Korea. The baseline assessment, Wave 1, was conducted in 2008, and follow-up assessment, Wave 2, was conducted in 2011. We …
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The Impact of Probable Depression on Daily Performance in College Students: "Morningness" Versus "Eveningness"
<p>In the present study responses on the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS- SF), and Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CESD) were compared in 1,617 college undergraduates. Also, the "eveningness-morningness" dimension, as measured by the Horne …
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The Effects of Acculturation, Health, Socioeconomic Status, and Perceived Respect on Older Adult Depression: Analysis of Korean American Older Adults in Chicago
… Asian Stress-Identity Acculturation Scale, Geriatric Depression Scale-30, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue, Health Perception Questionnaire-36, 13-item questions for respect, and ZIP codes were utilized.</p><p>This study produced results by stepwise and hierarchical …
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