Affective disorders in patients of a hospice
Автор: Shakhurova N.I., Garganeyeva N.P., Schastnyy E.D.
Журнал: Сибирский вестник психиатрии и наркологии @svpin
Рубрика: Тезисы докладов международной конференции по психоонкологии "Культура, мозг, тело"
Статья в выпуске: 3 (50), 2008 года.
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Текст статьи Affective disorders in patients of a hospice
Introduction . Palliative care is a part of medicine demanding of combined efforts from different specialists. The attention to mental and somatic state of the patients should be provided with integrated biopsychosocial approach.
Objective . To assess prevalence of affective disorders among terminally ill cancer patients in a hospice.
Materials and Methods . 49 patients (19 male and 30 female, mean age 73,17±7,13 years) hospitalized due to incurable oncopathology for palliative care in the hospice were interviewed according to Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). The inclusion criterions were ability to understand the text of the questionnaire and wish to answer it. For making a diagnosis of depressive disorders the clinical interview has been hold by the psychiatrist according to score of psychodiagnostic scales.