Unmet needs in the depressed primary care elderly and their relation to severity of depression: Results from the AgeMooDe study
Alltag, S.; Stein, J.; Pabst, A.; Weyerer, S.; Maier, W.; Scherer, M.; Wiese, B.; König, H.; Riedel-Heller, S. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2016 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background: Depression is one of the most common diseases in the elderly population with serious consequences for daily functioning, quality of life and health services utilization. Research indicates that late-life depression is associated with specific care needs. Undetected or unmet care needs in the oldest old suffering from depression are expected to have a negative impact on successful treatment and effective health care provision. Objectives: This study aims at examining the distribution of unmet environmental, physical, social and psychological care needs in a sample of the oldest old primary care patien…