title: [Identification and appreciation of the psychological distress in hospitalized elderly persons].
abstract: We evaluated psychological distress in a survey of 398 geriatric medical inpatients, using the Symptom Distress Check-List (SCL-90). Predominant patterns of emotional response are depression, somatization and sleep disorders. Women scored higher than men for psychological suffering on many of the SCL-90 subscales. Those who lived alone, and those who entered the hospital with a neurological disturbance, scored higher for depression than the others. We briefly discussed the need for attention to psychological reactions in this setting.
authors.affiliation: Département de Recherche Clinique L.E.R.S., Paris.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schifano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Renesto
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology*; D011581:Psychological Tests; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Identification et appréciation de la souffrance psychologique chez les personnes âgées hospitalisées.