Objective: to describe the sociodemographic characteristics associated with depressive symptoms in hospitalized elderly. Methods: cross-sectional study carried out in a public teaching hospital. The sample was composed of 96 individuals aged ≥60 years, hospitalized in a clinical and surgical unit. The data collection was performed through a semi-structured interview with the instrument Geriatric Depression Scale. The variables were described through frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations. The Fisher’s exact test was used to assess the association with depressive symptoms. Results: a total of 45.8% of the elderly presented mild to moderate depressive symptoms and 1.0% had severe symptoms. There was a predominance of wo...
Objective: to analyze depressive symptoms and its associated factors, the use of antidepressants and...
Depression is one of the most common diseases in the elderly. The existence of effective treatments ...
Introduction: The prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms in the elderly is high. T...
Objective: to describe the sociodemographic characteristics associated with depressive symptoms in h...
Background: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors...
BACKGROUND The elderly experience changes and problems of biologic, psychologic and social dimensio...
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the sociodemographic characteristics and clinica...
OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms among institutionalized elderly individu...
Objectives: To determine the frequency of clinically significant depressive symptoms (CSDS) in a com...
Background: Depression in old age is a complex multifactorial phenomenon that is influenced by sever...
OBJETIVOS: Determinar a freqüência de alguns sintomas depressivos em idosos, construir um escore de ...
Objectives This study aims to determine the frequency of clinically significant depressive symptoms ...
Background: Considering the prevalence of depression in older people, it is important to know more a...
Estudos gerontológicos apontam a influência de variáveis biológicas e psicossociais na etiologia da ...
Introdução: Depressão é uma doença psiquiátrica e provoca prejuízos no aspecto biopsicossocial dos i...
Objective: to analyze depressive symptoms and its associated factors, the use of antidepressants and...
Depression is one of the most common diseases in the elderly. The existence of effective treatments ...
Introduction: The prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms in the elderly is high. T...
Objective: to describe the sociodemographic characteristics associated with depressive symptoms in h...
Background: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors...
BACKGROUND The elderly experience changes and problems of biologic, psychologic and social dimensio...
Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the sociodemographic characteristics and clinica...
OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms among institutionalized elderly individu...
Objectives: To determine the frequency of clinically significant depressive symptoms (CSDS) in a com...
Background: Depression in old age is a complex multifactorial phenomenon that is influenced by sever...
OBJETIVOS: Determinar a freqüência de alguns sintomas depressivos em idosos, construir um escore de ...
Objectives This study aims to determine the frequency of clinically significant depressive symptoms ...
Background: Considering the prevalence of depression in older people, it is important to know more a...
Estudos gerontológicos apontam a influência de variáveis biológicas e psicossociais na etiologia da ...
Introdução: Depressão é uma doença psiquiátrica e provoca prejuízos no aspecto biopsicossocial dos i...
Objective: to analyze depressive symptoms and its associated factors, the use of antidepressants and...
Depression is one of the most common diseases in the elderly. The existence of effective treatments ...
Introduction: The prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms in the elderly is high. T...