PMID: 11607942Oct 19, 2001Paper

Depression in the community dwelling elderly: do clinical and sociodemographic factors influence referral to psychiatry?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
A EustaceBrian A Lawlor

Abstract

Little is known about the reasons why depressed elderly patients are referred to the old age psychiatric services. Reasons for referral of depressed younger patients have been clarified however they may not be generalisable to an older population. The purpose of this study is to examine which clinical and sociodemographic factors influence referral of patients with late life depression from primary care. Twenty-eight people were identified with depression in a day hospital referred by their general practitioner. These were compared with fifty-two people with depression in the community who had not been referred to the psychiatric services. Having a more severe depression (p = 0.0016) and having co-morbid anxiety (p = 0.0017) meant you were more likely to be referred to the day hospital. Gender did not appear to influence referral from general practitioners. It appears that severity of depression and having higher levels of anxiety make it more likely that you will be referred by your general practitioner to the old age psychiatry services.

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Citations

Dec 10, 2009·International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry·Damien GallagherBrian A Lawlor
Jan 19, 2012·International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry·Ling ZhangYan Wu
Feb 23, 2018·American Journal of Public Health·Nicole K ValtortaBarbara Hanratty
Jul 2, 2018·The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry : Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry·Damien GallagherNathan Herrmann

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