ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2011
Depression and cognitive impairment in older adult emergency department patients: changes over 2 weeks.
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- Psychological distress in medical patients 30 days following an emergency department admission: results from a prospective, observational study.BMC emergency medicine · 2016Observational
- Does numeracy correlate with measures of health literacy in the emergency department?Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2014Observational
- Comprehension deficits among older patients in a quick diagnostic unit.Clinical interventions in aging · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo evaluate older adult emergency department (ED) patients for depression and cognitive impairment and to re-evaluate those findings 2 weeks later.
designProspective cohort study.
settingED.
participantsOne thousand two hundred six older community-dwelling ED patients consented to participate; 811 (67%) completed the 2-week follow-up. MEASUREMENTS: Screening for depression (9-item Patient Health Questionnaire) and cognitive impairment (Six-Item Screener) was performed. Changes were evaluated through paired comparisons.
resultsAt 2-week follow-up, for depression, 27 of 97 (28%) with baseline positive tests remained positive, and 22 of 706 (3%) with baseline negative tests were positive. At 2-week follow-up, for cognitive impairment, five of 43 (12%) with baseline positive tests remained positive, and 11 of 765 (1%) with baseline negative tests were positive.
conclusionSignificant variability exists for depression and cognitive impairment testing completed during and after the ED visit, with markedly fewer subjects testing positive at follow-up. The variability may reflect changes in clinical state, confounding from other conditions, or poor validity of the instruments in the ED setting. Further studies are needed to explain these findings before case-finding for these conditions is implemented in the ED setting.
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