Prevalencia de Síntomas Depresivos en pacientes Adultos Mayores hospitalizados en el Servicio de Medicina Interna del Hospital Dr. Hernán Henríquez Aravena de Temuco

Abstract

Introduction: Depression is a highly prevalent pathology in the elderly, associated to higher morbimortality. There are few studies on prevalence and characterization of hospitalized geriatric patients with depressive symptoms. Method: Patients were interviewed between january and april 2020. Inclusion criteria: age over 60 years old, admitted in the last 48 hours. Exclusion criteria: Pfeiffer ≥ 3, Glasgow < 15, aphasias, mental diseases, no spanish-speaker. Results: 59 patients were interviewed, 32 women and 27 men, mean age of 73, 32 (DE 6.63) years old. Positive Yesavage score prevalence was 32, 20% (19), 52, 63% (10) in women and 47, 37% (9) in men. Conclusions: Depressive symptoms in patients admitted to an Internal Medicine service are frequent, and often undetected during hospitalization.