Prevalence of Depression and Outcome on the Geriatric Rehabilitation Unit

Geriatric depression screening scale (GDS) in patients hospitalized for physical rehabilitation

“…The major importance of these ®ndings is that the admission GDS is in¯uenced primarily, and almost exclusively, by the functional state of the patient, both pre-event and as a consequence of the event itself. A similar association between the GDS upon admission to a geriatric rehabilitation unit and admission FIM scores was reported in a study of a small mixed group of rehabilitation patients (Diamond et al, 1995).…”

“…These rates are similar to the rate of 39% of patients with at least minor depression as assessed by clinical criteria in stroke patients (Robinson et al, 1983) and somewhat higher than the 32% reported in a large group of patients undergoing rehabilitation following HF (Magaziner et al, 1990) or the 30% reported in a smaller mixed group of rehabilitation patients (Diamond et al, 1995).…”

Rehabilitation Programs monitored by Functional Independence Measure: An Observational Study

“…It is also important to note that patients of geriatric rehabilitation units classified as depressed at discharge have lower FIM scores at admission and at discharge. 32 FIM scores, including FIM gain of elderly patients were significantly lower than those of middle-aged patients. 33 It has been proposed, 34 that in patients with a dementia diagnosis the FIM-gains and thus the rehabilitation success, should be measured by the motor subscale of the FIM, rather than the total FIM score, or the gain relative to the maximal FIM score.…”

"Poststroke Depression"

“…Dieser Zusammenhang zeigte sich in der Akutphase hochsignifikant, war aber beim Vergleich der Verweildauer zwischen depressiven und nichtdepressiven Schlaganfallpatienten in der Rehabilitationsphase nur noch in der Tendenz nachweisbar. Auch in den Studien der Arbeitsgruppen von Diamond [21], Loong [41] und Paolucci [49] ergab sich kein signifikanter Unterschied in der Verweildauer zwischen depressiven und nichtdepressiven Schlaganfallpatienten. Anzunehmen ist, dass für einen Vergleich der Krankenhausaufenthaltsdauer, besonders für die Rehabilitationsbehandlung, länderspezifischen Regelungen der Kostenträger mit teilweise vorgegebenen Verweildauerkontingenten zu berücksichtigen sind.…”