Comprehensive geriatric assessment is associated with increased antidepressant treatment in frail older people with unplanned hospital admissions—results from the randomised controlled study CGA-Swed

Table 3 Characteristics of hospitalized frail older people with and without symptoms of depression

MADRS^a,b	MADRS (≥ 7) (n = 82)	(%)	MADRS (0–6) (n = 53)	(%)	p-value¹
Age: mean, (range)	85.2, (75–98)		87.1, (76–100)		0.074
Days of hospital stay, mean, (range)	12.5, (2–48)		11.5, (2–61)		0.489
Dependence in ADL	44	53.7	24	45.3	0.031
Poor self-rated health^b	62	75.6	31	58.5	0.028
Severe problem or extremely severe problem in ≥ 3 somatic categories on CIRS-G^c	38	46.3	22	41.5	0.581
Love and friendship (disagree can have love and friendships wanted)^b	13	18.3	6	15.0	0.433
Roles (disagree able to do things that make one feel valued)^b	36	54.5	10	22.7	0.001
Physical health (disagree satisfied)^b	36	57.1	14	36.8	0.050
Mental health (disagree satisfied)^b	18	29.0	3	8.1	0.021

^a Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS) normal score 0–6, mild depression 7–19, moderate depression 20–34, severe depression 35–54
^bMissing: MADRS 20, SRH 1 depressed, ICECAP-O disagree attachment 11depressed, 13 not depressed, ICECAP-O disagree roles 16 depressed, 9 not depressed, Fugl-Meyer Life Satisfaction disagree physical health 19 depressed, 15 not depressed, Fugl-Meyer Life Satisfaction disagree mental health 20 depressed, 16 not depressed
^cMorbidity in 3 or more organ systems (heart, vascular, hematopoietic, respiratory, eyes–ears–nose throat and larynx, upper gastrointestinal, lower gastrointestinal, liver, renal, genitourinary, musculoskeletal, neurological and endocrine) as assessed by the Cumulative Illness Rating Scale – Geriatrics. Morbidity was having severe problem and/or constant and significant disability and/or hard-to-control chronic problems or extremely severe problem and/or immediate treatment required and/or organ failure and/or severe functional impairment
¹Mann–Whitney U/ Kruskal–Wallis tests

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