Sampling the Household Population

Hölzer, Charles E.; Spitznagel, Edward L.; Jordan, Kathleen; Timbers, Dianne M.; Kessler, Larry G.; Anthony, James C.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-091798-6.50006-3

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“…To compensate for the sampling design and non‐response, all percentage rates presented are weighted so that the demographics of the sample reflect those of the elderly in the greater New Haven community as of the 1980 census 17 . Because of the complex sampling design employed by the ECA study and the use of weighted data, the assumption of simple random sampling in testing statistical significance is inappropriate for these analyses 18 .…”

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Psychiatric Status among the Homebound Elderly: An Epidemiologic Perspective

Bruce¹,

McNamara²

1992

J American Geriatrics Society

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Objective To compare the prevalence of specific psychiatric disorders in the homebound elderly to other elders, controlling for demographic, physical health, and socio‐economic factors. Design Survey. Setting Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) project in New Haven, CT. Participants 2,553 non‐institutionalized elders representing the total elderly population of the greater New Haven area. Intervention None Main Measures Homebound status determined by self‐report; psychiatric status according to DSM III by the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS); cognitive status by Mini‐Mental Status Examination. Results Cognitive impairment (21.8% vs 11.0%, P < 0.001), depression (2.3% vs 0.7%, P < 0.01), dysthymia (3.9% vs 1.7%, P < 0.01), and anxiety disorders (2.2% vs 0.4%, P < 0.001) were each at least twice as prevalent among elders confined to a bed or chair as among non‐homebound elders. Most of this increase was consistent with the poorer physical health status of the homebound; after controlling for health status, only dysthymia (Odds ratio = 2.1, P < 0.01) was significantly more prevalent among elders confined to a bed or chair. Conclusions The higher prevalence of disorders among the homebound support recommendations that psychiatric assessments become routine in primary care examinations of homebound elders and that the availability of preventive and therapeutic psychiatric services to the homebound increase.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Psychiatric Status among the Homebound Elderly: An Epidemiologic Perspective

Bruce¹,

McNamara²

1992

J American Geriatrics Society

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“…As these samples were selected in several stages (geographic clusters, households, individual respondents), the pooled database by design provides a larger sampling variance than would have occurred with simple random selection (Holzer, Spitznagel, Jordan et al, 1985). This means that, without a correction, the precision of estimates would be exaggerated and the statistical significance of most effects would be overstated.…”

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Psychotic symptoms and disorders and the risk of violent behaviour in the community

Swanson¹,

Borum²,

Swartz³

et al. 1996

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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“…In Baltimore, the target population consisted of the household residents of three contiguous sections of East Baltimore, a total area including about 175,000 adult residents (20). Approximately 4.5% of about 90,000 households in East Baltimore were sampled, and close to 95% of those sampled participated.…”

Section: Baltimore Eca Cohortmentioning

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