RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Depression indicators in a national sample of older community and care home patients: applying the Quality and Outcomes Framework
JF British Journal of General Practice
JO Br J Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 135
OP 138
DO 10.3399/bjgp11X556281
VO 61
IS 583
A1 Tess Harris
A1 Sunil M Shah
A1 Iain M Carey
A1 Stephen DeWilde
A1 Derek G Cook
YR 2011
UL http://bjgp.org/content/61/583/135.abstract
AB In a national primary care database sample of older people (≥65 years), 81% (83 588/103 821) of community and 58% (1702/2940) of care home residents with diabetes or heart disease had depression case finding recently recorded; 66% (1418/2145) of community and 22% (26/118) of care home residents with a new depression episode had a depression-severity assessment recorded. Age, sex, and higher care home dementia prevalence did not explain these differences. Case finding and assessment of depression need to be improved in older people, particularly care home residents.