Healthcare and preventive services utilization of elderly Europeans with depressive symptoms.
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Share data suggest that patients with depressive symptoms are frequent users of healthcare but not preventive services, and low screening rates may reflect missed screening opportunities rather than a lack of screening opportunities.About:
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TL;DR: Investigating the longitudinal impact of depressive symptoms on utilization of healthcare in terms of GP visits as well as specialist visits and hospital admission in late life among community-dwelling individuals showed that older individuals with more depressive symptoms had higher health care utilization over time.
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Lisa F. Berkman,Cathy S. Berkman,Stanislav V. Kasl,Daniel H. Freeman,Linda Leo,Adrian M. Ostfeld,Joan Cornoni-Huntley,Jacob A. Brody +7 more
TL;DR: The authors conclude that physical disabilities among the elderly do not appear to be a major threat to the validity of the CES-D scale and that the strong associations between physical and mental health should be rigorously investigated.
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Development of the EURO-D scale--a European, Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres.
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TL;DR: A two-factor solution seemed appropriate: depression, tearfulness and wishing to die loaded on the first factor (affective suffering), and loss of interest, poor concentration and lack of enjoyment on the second (motivation).
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Psychiatric morbidity, service use, and need for care in the general population: results of The Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study.
Rob V. Bijl,Anneloes Ravelli +1 more
TL;DR: The role of general medical practitioners in treating persons with psychiatric disorders is more limited than was anticipated and patients in categories associated with extensive use of professional care are more likely to have unmet care needs.
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Consequences of major and minor depression in later life: A study of disability, well-being and service utilization
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