title: [psychogeriatric disorders and mortality].
abstract: In two representative samples of persons aged over 65, living in private households (N = 343) and in nursing homes (N = 146), mortality was studied prospectively in relation to psychiatric status. After a cross-sectional baseline examination the two groups were followed up over eight and six years respectively. The study shows a high mortality risk among persons with dementing disorders and a short-term increase among persons with functional psychiatric disorders, even after controlling for the most significant confounding variables (age, sex, physical impairment) using the proportional hazards regression model developed by Cox.
authors.affiliation: Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Mannheim.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bickel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
vernacular_title: Psychogeriatrische Störungen und Mortalität.