A Comparison of the Main Quality-of-Life Parameters of Elderly Depressed Patients and Aged Mental Patients of Other Nosological Groups

Discusses research examining the quality of life (QOL) of 105 elderly persons with mental diseases, comparing QOL across three different nosological groups, & testing dynamics of QOL parameters from hospitalization to discharge. Patients with recurrent depressive disease over the study period ga...

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Published in:International journal of mental health 2005-12, Vol.34 (4), p.81-89
Main Authors: Semyonova, N. V., Bondarev, R. P., Zadorozhnyaya, E. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Depression
Depressive disorders
Elderly people
Hospitalization
Mental health
Mental illness
Nosology
Older adults
Patients
Psychometrics
Quality of life
Schizophrenia
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Summary:Discusses research examining the quality of life (QOL) of 105 elderly persons with mental diseases, comparing QOL across three different nosological groups, & testing dynamics of QOL parameters from hospitalization to discharge. Patients with recurrent depressive disease over the study period gave a considerably lower QOL assessment than did those patients with schizophrenia & organic brain damage, whose assessments were similar. 3 Tables, 15 References.
ISSN:0020-7411
1557-9328
DOI:10.2753/IMH0020-7411340411