TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychological distress in geriatric and adult medical in-patients
AU - Magni, Guido
AU - Schifano, Fabrizio
AU - De Dominicis, Maria Grazia
AU - Belloni, Giuseppe
PY - 1988/6
Y1 - 1988/6
N2 - Psychological distress was evaluated in two groups of medical in-patients, one composed of geriatric subjects (178), the other of adults (201). The instrument used for this purpose was the SCL-90. The predominant pattern of emotional response among the geriatric patients was depression; although this pattern was also present among the adult patients, reactions of an anxious type were more common in these subjects. Women of both groups of patients scored significantly higher than men on many of the subscales of the SCL-90. No significant differences emerged in relation to the type of organic disease among the adult patients, while among the geriatric patients, subjects with disorders of the CNS, muscular-skeletal system and blood scored significantly higher than those with other diseases.
AB - Psychological distress was evaluated in two groups of medical in-patients, one composed of geriatric subjects (178), the other of adults (201). The instrument used for this purpose was the SCL-90. The predominant pattern of emotional response among the geriatric patients was depression; although this pattern was also present among the adult patients, reactions of an anxious type were more common in these subjects. Women of both groups of patients scored significantly higher than men on many of the subscales of the SCL-90. No significant differences emerged in relation to the type of organic disease among the adult patients, while among the geriatric patients, subjects with disorders of the CNS, muscular-skeletal system and blood scored significantly higher than those with other diseases.
KW - Adult
KW - Geriatric
KW - Medical in-patients
KW - Psychological distress
KW - SCL-90
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0023908137&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/0167-4943(88)90027-1
DO - 10.1016/0167-4943(88)90027-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 3415395
AN - SCOPUS:0023908137
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 7
SP - 151
EP - 161
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 2
ER -