Mental Disorder Statistics in America Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 22.1 percent of Americans ages 18 and older-about 1 in 5 adults-suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. When applied to the 1998 U.S. Census residential ...
T-test (Statistics)MENTAL depressionMALNUTRITIONINDEPENDENT livingThis study investigated depression and physical function as factors associated with nutritional risk in older adults living alone. The study included 2896 people 65 years or older who lived alone. Data were collected in South Korea between...
a valid and reliable screening tool that enables physicians to avoid potentially inappropriate medications, undertreatment, or errors of omissions in older people. Antidepressants can be gradually tapered over a period
Level of agreement between AGECAT diagnosis and ICD-10 was determined using κ statistics. Statistical significance was set at 5% level of probability. Result A total of 458 older persons participated in the study consisting of 261(57%) females. Mean age of participants was 73.65 (±7.89) year...
Conclusions and Relevance In this cohort study among US Medicare enrollees, harmful associations were observed between long-term exposure to air pollution and increased risk of late-life depression diagnosis. Introduction Depression in older adults is a concern and can be as important as dementia. It...
Air pollution has been increasingly associated with heightened mental health risks. However, there is a scarcity of nationwide research addressing the mental health issue of rural older adults, as well as a lack of thorough investigations into the underl
1Depression is a serious condition that affects around 16 million U.S.adults.The condition is more common in woman,but new research suggests that older woman who naturally go to bed early and wake up early may be less likely to develop the condition as they age. For the study,published on...
In particular, older unmarried persons living alone might be particularly affected by the lockdown. Statistics reveal a U-shaped distribution. As Luhmann and Hawk- ley (2016) showed for the German context, among both younger and older adults, the proportion of people liv- ing alone is ...
Official statistics show that 297 million Chinese people were aged 60 or above in 2023, accounting for 21.1 percent of the total population. According to the National Health Commission, the prevalence rate of depression in China was 2.1 percent in 2019, and that of anxiety disorders was 4.98 pe...
36 Approximately 1 in 5 patients treated for depression received both antidepressants and psychotherapy, although the proportion was lower for older adults and patients with less education. Patients with serious psychological distress were more likely than those with less distress to receive combined ...