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Incidence of depression in a medical long‐term care facility: Findings from a restricted sample of new admissions
Author(s) -
Foster Jeffrey R.,
Cataldo Janine K.,
Boksay Istvan J. E.
Publication year - 1991
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.930060104
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , depression (economics) , cohort , medicine , demography , medical care , long term care , sample (material) , pediatrics , emergency medicine , psychiatry , mathematics , chemistry , chromatography , sociology , economics , macroeconomics , geometry
The prevalence rate of depression in medical long‐term care facilities is high but varies over a large range. One source of variation may be differences in the underlying incidence rates. A cohort of 104 new admissions was followed for one year and showed and incidence rate of approximately 14%. This rate is comparable to the only other published study and suggests that incidence rates may be more uniform than expected from the range of prevalence reports.