Research Article
Psychiatric Assessment and Screening for the Elderly in Primary Care: Design, Implementation, and Preliminary Results
Table 1
Demographic characteristics of screen-negative and screen-positive subjects
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| | Screened for depression and/or anxiety | value | | Negative | Positive | | | % | | % |
| Gender | | | | | | Male | 190 | 29.1 | 139 | 22.4 | 0.006 | Female | 463 | 70.9 | 481 | 77.6 | Race | | | | | | Other | 127 | 19.4 | 108 | 17.4 |
0.351 | White Non-Hispanic | 526 | 80.6 | 512 | 82.6 | Has Medicaid | | | | | | No | 470 | 86.9 | 454 | 89.0 | 0.286 | Yes | 71 | 13.1 | 56 | 11.0 | Lives alone | | | | | | No | 293 | 46.1 | 252 | 41.4 | 0.095 | Yes | 343 | 53.9 | 357 | 58.6 | Age in years (, mean, s.d.) | 627, 78.02 (9.98) | 601, 79.24 (10.01) | 0.033 |
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Chi-square tests were used to compare dichotomous variables and -test for age, a continuous variable.
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