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Screening a Skilled Nursing Home Population for Depression

Department of Psychiatry University of Maryland at Baltimore, Baltimore, MD

Catherine L. Miller, BA

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

The population resident in the skilled nursing home of a Veterans Administration Hospital on the 27th of June 1988 was screened for the presence of depression. Only 74% of the patients (59 of 80) were able to complete most of the screening battery: the Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination, the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale, and the Hamilton Depression Scale. Thirty-four percent of the sample (20 of 59) met the criteria for a DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnosis; 22% (13 patients) had a major depressive disorder, and 12% (seven patients) had an adjustment disorder with depressed mood. The 15-item version of the Geriatric Depression Scale was more effective than the Hamilton Depression Scale as a screening instrument in this population of frail elderly veterans who had multiple and severe medical problems (end-stage cardiac disease, progressive myasthenia gravis, terminal pulmonary disease, and multiple cerebrovascular accidents) that limited verbal and nonverbal communication, as well as physical endurance. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1991;4:218-221).

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 4, No. 4, 218-221 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/089198879100400407


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