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Eggar, Richard, Spencer, Amanda, Anderson, David and Hiller, Louise (2002) Views of elderly patients on cardiopulmonary resuscitation before and after treatment for depression. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 17 (2). pp. 170-174. doi:10.1002/gps.523
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gps.523
Abstract
Objective: To investigate elderly patients decision to accept cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) before and after treatment for depression. Methods: A prospective cohort study set within a specialist psychiatrist hospital for the elderly. The subjects were 50 consecutively admitted day and in-patients with depression. Changes in the acceptability of CPR between baseline and end of treatment for depression together with patient characteristics were measured and compared. Results: 49 patients completed the study; all but one of the 17 patients who initially declined CPR accepted once recovered and none who initially accepted later changed their minds (p = 0.0001). Conclusion: The study demonstrates that depressed elderly people frequently decline CPR but accept after recovery from depression. The presence of depression should be specifically considered if an elderly person unexpectedly declines CPR. Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | ||||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0885-6230 | ||||||
| Official Date: | February 2002 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 17 | ||||||
| Number: | 2 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 170-174 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1002/gps.523 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published |
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