Elderly people with learning disabilities in hospital: a psychiatric study
作者:
D. T. SANSOM,
I. SINGH,
S. H. JAWED,
T. MUKHERJEE,
期刊:
Journal of Intellectual Disability Research
(WILEY Available online 1994)
卷期:
Volume 38,
issue 1
页码: 45-52
ISSN:0964-2633
年代: 1994
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2788.1994.tb00346.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
ABSTRACT.In a study of 124 hospital residents with a learning disability aged 60 years and over, DSM‐III‐R diagnostic criteria were used to determine the prevalence of dementia (12.9%), mood disorder (8.9%) and schizophrenia (6.5%). The figure for dementia confirms the prevalence given in previous studies, but the figures for mood disorder and schizophrenia are higher. It was found that mood disorder was commoner in the age group 60–69 years (P>0.01) and dementia was commoner in the age group 70–79 years (P>0.01). There were no significant differences in the prevalence of schizophrenia w
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