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Improvement in activities of daily living in elderly following treatment for post‐bereavement depression
Author(s) -
Oakley F.,
Khin N. A.,
Parks R.,
Bauer L.,
Sunderland T.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2002.1sc021.x
Subject(s) - activities of daily living , intervention (counseling) , depression (economics) , psychology , physical therapy , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , economics , macroeconomics
Objective: To determine if elderly bereaved depressed subjects display difficulty with activities of daily living (ADL) and if their ADL difficulty improves with psychopharmacologic intervention. Method: The Assessment of Motor and Process Skills (AMPS), an ADL assessment measuring ADL motor and ADL process skills, was administered to a pilot sample of elderly persons with post‐bereavement depression prior to psychopharmacologic intervention and subsequently during treatment response. Results: In the pretreatment phase, subjects displayed difficulty with ADL motor and ADL process skills that significantly improved during the treatment response phase. Conclusion: Results suggest that elderly bereaved depressed individuals demonstrated ADL difficulty that responds positively to psychopharmacologic intervention.