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Table 1 Characteristics of depressed hospitalized patients at baseline

From: Health-related quality of life in older depressed psychogeriatric patients: one year follow-up

 

Total

Number of participants

 

108

(100)

Socio-demographic variables

   

Females

 

77

(71.3)

Age (years)

Mean (SD)

75.0

(6.6)

Education ≥ 10 years

N (%)

51

(47.2)

Health condition

   

History of cardiovascular disease

N (%)

70

(64.8)

GMHR: poor health

N (%)

54

(50.0)

MMSE-NR score

Mean (SD)

26.3

(3.6)

I-ADL score

Mean (SD)

15.2

(6.2)

History of psychiatric problems

N (%)

83

(76.9)

MADRS score

Mean (SD)

26.1

(8.8)

  1. GMHR, General medical health rating scale, MMSE-NR Mini-Mental State Examination-Norwegian revised version. I-ADL Instrumental activities of daily living, MADRS Montgomery-Aasberg depression rating scale