PMID: 2499056Mar 1, 1989Paper

Dysthymic disorder in the aged in the community

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
S L Kivelä, K Pahkala

Abstract

The prevalence of dysthymic disorder and and its relationship to social and health variables were investigated in a Finnish population aged 60 years or over. The prevalence was lower in men (17.2 per 100) than in women (22.9 per 100). In the total population the occurrence was higher in the widowed (24.9 per 100) than in the married (18.3 per 100). In men, dysthymic disorder was more common in those with a lower educational level (22.6 per 100) than with a higher educational level (15.1 per 100), and more common in persons receiving long-term institutional care or home nursing or home help (28.7 per 100) than in persons living independently at home (14.6 per 100). The rate was not related to age, marital status or occupation. In women, the occurrence was not related to age, marital status, education, occupation or form of social and health care. The female rate was higher than the male in the older group (70 yrs. +), in married persons, in those with a higher educational level and in those living independently at home. Underdiagnosing was evident. The occurrence of dysthymic disorder was related to poor health and poor functional status and to the occurrence of social and health stressors. No differences were found in the occur...Continue Reading

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May 1, 1995·Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology·K PahkalaS L Kivelä
Jun 1, 1991·Aging : Clinical and Experimental Research·S L Kivelä, K Pahkala
Sep 11, 2001·Psychiatry Research·S BellinoF Bogetto
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Jul 1, 1992·Journal of Clinical Epidemiology·K PahkalaP Laippala
Jan 1, 1993·International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine·R H Howland
Feb 1, 1995·The British Journal of Psychiatry : the Journal of Mental Science

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