Range of Mental Illness Among the Elderly in the Community
Range of Mental Illness Among the Elderly in the Community
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社区长者精神疾病范围
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发表时间：
1987
影响因子：
10.5
通讯作者：
C. Mcwilliam
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作者：
J. Copeland;Michael Dewey;N. Wood;R. Searle;I. Davidson;C. Mcwilliam
使用社区版老年精神状态（GMS）对居住在利物浦社区的1070名65岁以上的老年人进行了访谈，并对调查结果进行了处理，以提供AGECAT的计算机诊断。器质性紊乱（可能是痴呆）的水平达到5.2%，介于伦敦和纽约之间。抑郁症的总体水平为11.3%，低于其他研究，而神经症的水平基本相同，为2.4%。随着年龄的增长，痴呆症患病率的上升得到了进一步证实。GMS AGECAT一揽子计划为比较流行病学研究和其他研究的数据收集和诊断过程标准化提供了一种方法。
A sample of 1070 elderly persons aged over 65 living in the Liverpool community was interviewed using the community version of the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) and the findings processed to provide a computerised diagnosis by AGECAT. Levels of organic disorder, probably dementia, reached 5.2%, intermediate between those of London and New York derived from previous studies. Levels for depressive illness overall were below those of other studies at 11.3% while levels for neurotic disorder were much the same at 2.4%. The rise in the prevalence of dementia with age was further confirmed. The GMS AGECAT Package provides a method for standardising both the collection of data and the diagnostic process for comparative epidemiological studies and other research.