Comorbidity of Anxiety and Depression in Geriatric Patients / 中国心理卫生杂志
Chinese Mental Health Journal
; (12)1989.
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0.05). The score of HAMD(38.1?4.0/33.4?4.7,t=4.35), HAMA(22.6?5.5/11.7?2.7,t=10.93), GDS(14.0?1.2/12.1?2.0,t=4.92) of comorbidity group was significantly higher than that of the depression group. The social function (SF)(70.0?21.2/50.0?22.5,t=4.02) and physical function (PF)(79.2?13.6/69.1?13.6,t=3.25) scores of SF-36 were significantly higher in depressive group than in comorbidity group. Conclusion: Comorbid depression and anxiety and anxious depression are associated with more severe overall psychopathology than nonanxious depression in elderly persons, similar to observations in younger adults.
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