Survey of Depression in the Elderly Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
10.4306/jknpa.2013.52.3.163
- Author:
Seung Hwan SUNG
1
;
Hwa Young LEE
;
Se Hoon SHIM
;
Hee Yeun JEONG
;
Jae Sung CHOI
;
Ho Sung LEE
;
Yeo Joo KIM
;
Sang Ho PARK
;
Young Jun KWON
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Cheonan, Korea. yjkwon@schmc.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Elderly depression;
Severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease;
Physical illness;
Prevalence;
Self-reporting scale
- MeSH:
Aged;
Depression;
Female;
Humans;
Mass Screening;
Prevalence;
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2013;52(3):163-172
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Depression is commonly comorbid in the elderly patients with physical illness. This study examined the prevalence of depression in the elderly with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). METHODS: The eighty-seven patients with COPD were enrolled. The subjects are over 60 years old. The medical and psychiatric history, Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HDRS), Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (PHQ-2), Geriatric Depression Scale-Short form Korean (GDS-SF-K), Mini-Mental Status Exam Korean version (MMSE-KC) were investigated. Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), which predict the severity of COPD, also investigated. RESULTS: The prevalence of depression was estimated to be 24.7% (male 19.3% ; female 35.7%) in HDRS, 31.0% (male 24.6% ; female 43.3%) in PHQ-9, 8.0% (male 10.5% ; female 3.3%) in PHQ-2, 23.0% (male 17.5% ; female 33.3%) in GDS-SF-K. The severity of COPD (GOLD) was associated with the prevalence of depression (HDRS, p=0.027 ; PHQ-9, p=0.045 ; PHQ-2, p=0.112 ; GDS-SFK, p=0.089). CONCLUSION: The prevalence of elderly depression with COPD ranged from about 20% to 30%, the prevalence of depression is nearly two times more common in women. The severity of COPD (GOLD) was associated with the prevalence of depression. The self-reporting scale, such as GDS-SF-K, PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 is the effective screening test of depression.
