In:
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, S. Karger AG, Vol. 2, No. 2 ( 1991), p. 112-115
Abstract:
The authors examined the frequency and severity of dementia and depression in the elderly subjects referred to a nursing home for the aged in Japan using Hasegawa''s Dementia Scale (HDS) and Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD). There were 29 (37%) nondemented comparison subjects (CS), 20 (26%) subjects with cognitive impairment due to physiological aging and 28 (36%) demented patients, including 9 (12%) cases of dementia of the Alzheimer type and 17 (22%) with multi-infarct dementia. One schizophrenic patient was also found. HRSD scores were significantly higher among patients with organic dementia than among CS and subjects with cognitive impairment due to physiological aging. The rate of depression (subjects with HRSD scores ≧ 11) in CS was 17% (5 of 29), and that of depression superimposed on dementia was 18% (5 of 28).
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1420-8008
,
1421-9824
Language:
English
Publisher:
S. Karger AG
Publication Date:
1991
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1482186-2
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