Journal article
Physical comorbidities in older adults receiving antidepressants in Asia
XM Zhong, M Dong, F Wang, Q Zhang, GS Ungvari, CH Ng, HFK Chiu, TM Si, K Sim, A Avasthi, S Grover, MY Chong, KY Chee, S Kanba, MS Lee, SY Yang, P Udomratn, RA Kallivayalil, AJ Tanra, MM Maramis Show all
Psychogeriatrics | WILEY | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12327
Abstract
Background: The present study explored the patterns of physical comorbidities and their associated demographic and clinical factors in older psychiatric patients prescribed with antidepressants in Asia. Methods: Demographic and clinical information of 955 older adults were extracted from the database of the Research on Asian Psychotropic Prescription Patterns for Antidepressants (REAP-AD) project. Standardized data collection procedure was used to record demographic and clinical data. Results: Proportion of physical comorbidities in this cohort was 44%. Multiple logistic regression analyses showed that older age (OR = 1.7, P < 0.001), higher number of depressive symptoms (OR = 1.09, P = 0.01..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported by the Taipei City Hospital (10201-62-077), Taipei, Taiwan and the University of Macau (SRG2014-00019-FHS; MYRG2015-00230-FHS; MYRG2016-00005-FHS). The authors would like to thank all clinicians involved in the REAP-AD project.