ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2024
Factors influencing the level of insight and treatment attitude: a cross-sectional study of 141 elderly patients of major depression in Guangzhou, China.
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- Mental Capacity and Advance Directive of Persons with Mental Illness: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study from India.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2025Article
- Mental health literacy and the stigmatisation and discrimination of individuals affected by mental illnesses in China: a scoping review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
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Abstract
Objective: To explore the insight, treatment attitude, and related influencing factors of hospitalized elderly patients suffering from major depression. Methods: A total of 141 hospitalized elderly patients with depression were selected as the research objects. Insight was evaluated by the total score of the Insight and Treatment Attitude questionnaire (ITAQ). The data collected included sociodemographic characteristics, psychiatric symptoms, delirium status, social functioning, social support, suicide risk, and cognitive function. Results: The sample included 74.5% of female patients, and the mean age was 67.53 (sd=7.19) years. The influencing factors of inpatients with depression included alcohol consumption, length of hospitalization, admission types, and the main caregivers ( Conclusion: The level of insight was affected by cognitive function, involuntary admission, dependent on a caregiver, social function and length of stay. Future studies should focus on cognitive function recovery, observation of admission mode, and self-care ability in elderly patients with depression.
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