A community study of mental disorders in elderly Singaporean Chinese using the GMS-AGECAT package

Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 1992 Sep;26(3):502-6. doi: 10.3109/00048679209072077.

Abstract

A random sample of 612 elderly Chinese aged 65 and over living in the community in Singapore was assessed with the community version of the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) and the data analysed by the AGECAT program to provide computerised diagnoses. The prevalence of organic disorder (dementia) was 2.3%, depression 5.7%, neuroses 1.5% and paranoid disorder 0.5%. The results were generally lower compared to the study of elderly people in Liverpool using the GMS-AGECAT package. Concordance between AGECAT and the psychiatrist's diagnoses for organic disorder, depression, neuroses and paranoid disorder achieved kappa values of 0.87, 0.88, 0.58 and 1.0 respectively.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Dementia / diagnosis
  • Dementia / epidemiology
  • Dementia / psychology
  • Depressive Disorder / diagnosis
  • Depressive Disorder / epidemiology
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology
  • Ethnicity / psychology
  • Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data*
  • Geriatric Assessment / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Mental Disorders / diagnosis
  • Mental Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Mental Disorders / psychology
  • Neurotic Disorders / diagnosis
  • Neurotic Disorders / epidemiology
  • Neurotic Disorders / psychology
  • Paranoid Disorders / diagnosis
  • Paranoid Disorders / epidemiology
  • Paranoid Disorders / psychology
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / statistics & numerical data*
  • Psychometrics
  • Singapore / epidemiology
  • Social Environment