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Evid Based Mental Health 2004;7:56 doi:10.1136/ebmh.7.2.56
  • Aetiology

Elderly women are at greater risk of comorbid generalised anxiety and depression than elderly men

Schoevers RA, Beekman AT, Deeg DJ, et al. Comorbidity and risk-patterns of depression, generalised anxiety disorder and mixed anxiety-depression in later life: results from the AMSTEL study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2003;18:994–1001.


 
 Q How prevalent are depression, generalised anxiety, and mixed anxiety/depression in elderly people and how similar are their risk factors?

METHODS

GraphicDesign:

Cross sectional study.

GraphicSetting:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands; time period not specified.

GraphicPeople:

3790 people aged 65–86 years old, living in the community. Participants were randomly sampled from 30 general practices. Adults with organic disorders were excluded.

GraphicRisk factors:

Participants were interviewed to obtain information on: age, education level, socioeconomic status, marital status, social support, professional support, history of treatment for depression or generalised anxiety, or both, and presence of chronic disease (Cambridge Examination of Mental Disorders of the Elderly questions), cognitive status (Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)), abilities in activities of daily living (ADL and Instrumental ADL (IADL) scales).

GraphicOutcomes:

GMS-AGECAT …

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