Mortality risk in the octo- And nonagenarians according to psychic symptoms, cause and place of death. Longitudinal results of an epidemiological follow-up-community-study

European Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-59

  Meller, Ingeborg ^a   Fichter, Manfred M ^b   Schröppel, Hildegard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Klinik Roseneck   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epidemiological community study; Mental disorders; Mortality risk

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSESSION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 4944260235     PISSN: 02136163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION. Diagnostic statistical manual of mental disorders, third edition. American Psychiatric Association, Washington DC, 1980.
2. BRAMELD, K.J., HOIMAN, C.D., BASS, A.J., CODDE, J.P., ROUSE, I.L. Hospitalisation of the elderly during the last year of life: an application of record linkage in Western Australia 1985-1994. J. Epidemiol. Community Health 52: 740-744, 1998.
3. BRUCE, M.L., LEAF, P.J. Psychiatric disorders in 15-month mortality in a community sample of older adults. Am. J. Public. Health 79: 727-730, 1989.
4. BRUCE, M.L., LEAF, P.J., ROZAL, G.P.M., FLORIO, L., HOFF, R.A. Psychiatric status and 9 year mortality in the New Haven Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. Am. J. Psychiatry 151: 716-721, 1994.
5. COPELAND, J.R.M., DEWEY, M.E., GRIFFITHS-JONES, H.M. A computerized psychiatric diagnostic system and case nomenclature for elderly subjects. GMS and AGECAT. Psychological Medicine 16: 89-99, 1986.
6. COPELAND, J.R.M., GURLAND, B.J., DEWEY, M.E., KELLEHER, M.J., SMITH, A.M.R., DAVIDSON, J.A. Is there more dementia, depression and neurosis in New York? A comparative study of the elderly in New York and London using the computer diagnosis AGECAT. British Journal of Psychiatry 151: 466-473, 1987.
7. DAVIDSON. I.A., DEWEY, M., COPELAND, J.R.M. The relationship between mortality and mental disorder: evidence from the Liverpool longitudinal study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 3: 95-98, 1988.
8. DUNLOP, R.J., DAVIES, R.J., HOCKLEY, J.M. Preferred versus actual place of death: a hospital palliative cara support team experience. Palliat Med. 3: 197-201, 1989.
9. ENZELL, K. Mortality among persons with depressive symptoms and among responders and nonresponders in a health check-up. Acta. Psychiatr. Scand. 69: 89-102, 1984.
10. FICHTER, M.M., REHM, J., ELTON, M., DILLING, H., ACHATZ, F. Mortality riks and mental disorders: longitudinal results from the Upper Bavarian Study. Psychological Medicine 25: 297-307, 1995a.
11. FICHTER, M.M., MELLER, I., SCHRÖPPEL, H., STEINKIRCHNER, R. Dementia and cognitive impairment in the oldest old in the community. Prevalence and comorbidity. British Journal of Psychiatry 166: 621-629, 1995b.
12. FREDMAN, L., SCHOENBACH, V.J., KAPLAN, B.H., BLAZER, D.G., JAMES, S.A., KLEINBEAM, D.G., YANAKAKAS, B. The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey. J. Gerontol Soc. Sci. 44: 149-156, 1989.
13. GANGULI, M., RODRÍGUEZ, E.G. Reporting of Dementia on Death Certificates: A Community Study. JAGS 47: 842-849, 1999.
14. GURLAND, B., COPELAND, J., KURIANSKY, J., KELLEHER, M., SHARPE, L., DEAN, L. The mind and mood of aging. Croom Helm London, 1983.
15. HAMILTON, M. 049 HAMD Hamilton Depression Scale. In: Guy, W. ECDEU assessment manual for psychopharmacology. Maryland, rev. Ed. Rockville: 179-192, 1976.
16. HARRIS, E.C., BARRACLOUGH, B.M. Suicide as an outcome for medical disorders. Medicine 73: 281-296, 1994.
17. ICD-9. Diagnoenschlüssel und Glossar psychiatrischer Krankheiten. Springer Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg New York, 1989.
18. ICD-10. Internationale Klassifikation psychischer Störungen. Dilling H Mombour W, Schmidt MH (Hrsg.). Verlag Hans Huber, Bern Göttingen Toronto, 1991.
19. JAGGER, C., CLARKE, M. Mortality risks in the elderly: five-year follow-up of a total population. International Journal of Epidemiology 17: 111-114, 1988.
20. JORM, A.F., HENDERSON, A.A.S., KAY D.W.K., JACOMB, P.A. Mortality in ralation to dementia, depression and social integration in an elderly community sample. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 6: 5-11, 1991.
21. KAY, D.W.K., FORSTER, D.P., NEWENS, A.J. Long-term-survival, place of death, and death certification in clinically diagnosed pre-senile dementia in northern England. British Journal of Psychiatry 177: 156-162, 2000.
22. KENDLER, K.S. A twin study of mortality in schizophrenia and neurosis. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 43: 643-649, 1986.
23. KOUZIS, A., EATON, W.W., LEAF, P.J. Psychopatholopy and mortality in the general population. Soc. Psychiatry Psychiatr. Epidemiol 30: 165-170, 1995.
24. LLOYD-JONES, M., LYTIE, M., REYNOLDS, M.D., DODGE, H. Rondom vs volunteer selection for a community-based study. J Gerontol: Med Sci 53A: M39-46, 1998.
25. LINDEN (1994)
26. MAGNUSSON, H. Mental health of octogenerians in Iceland. An epidemiological study. Acta Psychiatr Scand 349: Vol 79, 1989.
27. MARKUSH, R.E., SCHWAB, J.J., FARRIS, P., PRESENT, P.A., HOLZNER, C.E. Mortality and community health, the Atlanta County, Florida, Mortality Study. Archives of General Psychiatry 34: 1393-1401, 1977.
28. McWINNEY, I.R., BASS, M.J., ORR, V. Factors associated with location of death (home or hospital) of patients referred to a palliative care team. Can. Med. Assoc. J. 152: 361-367, 1995.
29. MELLER, I., FICHTER, M.M., SCHRÖPPEL, H. Mortality risk in the octo- and nonagenerians: longitudinal results of an epidemiological follow-up community study. Eur. Arch. Psychiatry Clin. Neurosci. 249: 180-189, 1999.
30. MELLER, I., FICHTER, M.M., SCHROPPEL, H. Risk factors and psychosocial consequences in depression of octo- and nonagenerians: results of an epidemiological study. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 247: 278-287, 1997.
31. MELLER, I., FICHTER, M.M., SCHROPPEL, H. Incidence of depression in octo- and nonagenerians: results of an epidemiological follow-up community study. Eur Arch. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 246: 93-99, 1996.
32. MORRIS, L.P., ROBINSON, R.G., ANDRZEJEWSKI, P., SAMUELS, J., PRICE, T.R. Association of depression with 10-year poststroke mortality. American Journal of Psychiatry 150: 124-129, 1993.
33. MURPHY, J.M., MONSON, R.R., OLIVIER, D.C., SOBOL, A.M., LEIGHTON, A.H. Affective disorders and mortality: a general population study. Arch Gen Psychiatry 44: 473-480, 1988.
34. MURPHY, E., SMITH, R., LINDESAY, J., SLATTERY, J. Increased mortality rates in late-life depression. Br. J. Psychiatry 152, 1989.
35. NIELSEN, J., HOMMA, A., BIORN-HENRIKSEN, T. Follow-up 15 years after a gerontopsychiatric prevalence study. Coonditions concerning death, cause of death and life expectancy in relation to psychiatric diagnosis. J Gerontol 32: 554-561, 1977.
36. ÖDEGARD, O. Excess mortality of the insane. Acta Psychiatrica and Neurologica 27: 353-367, 1952.
37. PERSSON, G. Five-year mortality in a 70-year-old urban population in relation to psychiatric diagnosis, personality, sexuality and early parental death. Acta Psychiat Scand 64: 244-253, 1981.
38. REHM, J., FICHTER, M.M., ELTON, M. Effects on mortality of alcohol consumption, smoking, physical activity and ciose personal relationships. Addiction 88: 101-112, 1993.
39. RIEGEL, K.F., RIEGEL, R.M., MEYER, G. Socio-psychological factors of aging: a cohort-sequential analysis. Hum Develop 10: 27-56, 1967.
40. RORSMAN, B., HAGNELL, O., LAUKE, J. Psychiatric mortality in the Lundby Study: an overview. Acta Psychiatr Belg 86: 510-511, 1986.
41. SINGER, E., GARFINKEL, R., COHEN, S.M., SROLE, L. Mortality and mental health: evidence from the Midtown Manhattan Restudy. Social Sciences and Medicine 10: 517-525, 1976.
42. TSUANG, M.T., SIMPSON, J.C. Mortality studies in psychiatry. Should they stop or proceed? Archives of General Psychiatry 42: 98-103, 1985.
43. ZAUDIG, M., MITTELHAMMER, J., HILLER, W. SIDAM - Strukturiertes Interview für die Diagnose der Demenz vom Alzheimer-Typ, der Multiinfarkt-Demenz und Demenzen anderer Ätiologie nach DSM-III-R und ICD-10 Manual. LOGOMED Verlag München, 1990.
44. ZAUDIG, M., MITTELHAMMER, J., HILLER, W. et al. SIDAM - A structured interview for the diagnosis of dementia of the Alzheimer type, multi-infarct dementia and dementias of other aetiology according to ICD-10. Psychological Medicine 21: 225-236, 1991.