title: Depression indicators in a national sample of older community and care home patients: applying the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
abstract: In a national primary care database sample of older people (≥65 years), 81% (83 588/103 821) of community and 58% (1702/2940) of care home residents with diabetes or heart disease had depression case finding recently recorded; 66% (1418/2145) of community and 22% (26/118) of care home residents with a new depression episode had a depression-severity assessment recorded. Age, sex, and higher care home dementia prevalence did not explain these differences. Case finding and assessment of depression need to be improved in older people, particularly care home residents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, St George's University of London, Tooting, London, UK. tharris@sgul.ac.uk
authors.forename: Tess
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Sunil M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Iain M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Carey
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: DeWilde
authors.forename: Derek G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Cook
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000592:standards*; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000592:standards; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology