All patients ( N = 123) on the medical services of a chronic care hospital were approached to complete the Folstein Mini-Mental State Exam and the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale. Of 63 patients completing the MADRS, 35% had scores in the depressed range. A comparison of MADRS scores for a
Unrecognised and untreated depression in geriatric patients with hip fractures
✍ Scribed by Tomas Müller-Thomsen; Oliver Mittermeier; Stefanie Ganzer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 36 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.661
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