Table 3.
Changes in the HAM-D score of patients covered by care in Day Medical Care Homes (n=795).
| Variable | HAM-D score on admission | HAM-D score on discharge | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| no depression (0-7 |
mild depression (8-13) |
moderate depression (14-18) |
severe depression (19-22) |
very severe depression(≥23) | no depression (0-7 |
mild depression (8-13) |
moderate depression (14-18) |
severe depression (19-22) |
very severe depression(≥23) | p | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Overall | 411 (51.7) | 325 (40.9) | 48 (6.0) | 7 (0.9) | 4 (0.5) | 499 (62.8) | 284 (35.7) | 11 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.1) | <0.001 |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| women | 323 (51.8) | 253 (40.5) | 39 (6.3) | 5 (0.8) | 4 (0.6) | 386 (61.9) | 227 (36.4) | 10 (1.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | <0.001 |
| men | 88 (51.5) | 72 (42.1) | 9 (5.3) | 2 (1.2) | 0 (0.0) | 113 (66.1) | 57 (33.3) | 1 (0.6) | (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| Age | |||||||||||
| 24-59 | 14 (45.2) | 15 (48.4) | 2 (6.5) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 17 (54.8) | 14 (45.2) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| 60-69 | 103 (53.9) | 73 (38.2) | 12 (6.3) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.5) | 125 (65.4) | 64 (33.5) | 2 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| 70-79 | 198 (54.5) | 140 (38.6) | 21 (5.8) | 2 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | 234 (64.5) | 124 (34.2) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | <0.001 |
| 80-89 | 91 (46.4) | 91 (46.4) | 11 (5.6) | 2 (1.0) | 1 (0.5) | 116 (59.2) | 75 (38.3) | 5 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| 90+ | 5 (35.7) | 6 (42.9) | 2 (14.3) | 1 (7.1) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (50.0) | 7 (50.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.03 |
| Duration of care | |||||||||||
| up to 40 days | 79 (63.2) | 41 (32.8) | 5 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 88 (70.4) | 37 (29.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| 41-50 days | 240 (59.6) | 139 (34.5) | 18 (4.5) | 2 (0.5) | 4 (1.0) | 258 (64.0) | 138 (34.2) | 6 (1.5) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | <0.001 |
| 51-80 days | 18 (24.0) | 48 (64.0) | 9 (12.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 32 (42.7) | 43 (57.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| 81 days and over | 74 (38.5) | 97 (50.5) | 16 (8.3) | 5 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 121 (63.0) | 66 (34.4) | 5 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| Place of residence | |||||||||||
| urban area | 156 (60.2) | 94 (36.3) | 8 (3.1) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 183 (70.7) | 75 (29.0) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | <0.001 |
| rural area | 255 (47.6) | 231 (43.1) | 40 (7.5) | 6 (1.1) | 4 (0.7) | 316 (59.0) | 209 (39.0) | 10 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.2) | <0.001 |
Statistically significant values are bolded.