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The guy's/age concern survey: Physical health and psychiatric disorder in an urban elderly community
Author(s) -
Lindesay James
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930050305
Subject(s) - agoraphobia , worry , anxiety , depression (economics) , generalized anxiety disorder , psychiatry , physical health , psychology , panic disorder , mental health , clinical psychology , gerontology , medicine , economics , macroeconomics
The associations between physical health problems and cognitive impairment, depression, generalized anxiety and phobic disorders are described in a random community sample of 890 elderly people. 28.4% of the total sample reported one or more serious physical health problems, and increased rates of health problems were associated with cognitive impairment, depression, generalized anxiety and agoraphobia. Particular psychiatric disorders were associated with distinct patterns of specific physical health problems. Self‐reports of physical health problems were associated with worry about physical health, but this did not account for the association between physical health problems and depression and agoraphobia.