A QUESTIONNAIRE INVESTIGATION OF ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN EARLY DEMENTIA

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作者
WANDS, K [1 ]
MERSKEY, H [1 ]
HACHINSKI, VC [1 ]
FISMAN, M [1 ]
FOX, H [1 ]
BONIFERRO, M [1 ]
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[1] LONDON PSYCHIAT HOSP,DEPT RES,850 HIGHBURY AVE,POB 2532,LONDON N6A 4H1,ONTARIO,CANADA
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10.1111/j.1532-5415.1990.tb02404.x
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R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
We report findings on a study of anxiety and depression by questionnaire in 50 patients with mild dementia and 134 control subjects using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Thirty‐eight percent of patients and 9% of controls had a possible or probable diagnosis of an anxiety disorder. Possible or probable depression was found in 28% of the patients and 3% of the controls. These rates for the patients were above those in normal populations. All patients and control subjects were tested with the Extended Scale for Dementia (ESD). Neither group showed a significant relationship between depression and ESD scores. In the control subjects there was a negative correlation (P < .006) between anxiety and cognitive scores, one that was not found in the patients. 1990 The American Geriatrics Society
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