Identifying Psychological Distress in Dementia Diagnoses
Author Information
Author(s): Bannon Sarah, Divecha Ayushi, Dams-O’Connor Kristen, Federman Alex
Primary Institution: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Hypothesis
Can EMR-based identification effectively reveal psychological distress in individuals recently diagnosed with ADRD?
Conclusion
The study found that while structured data can identify some psychological distress, many individuals remain unassessed.
Supporting Evidence
- 32.73% of the sample had ICD-10 diagnoses of depression.
- 27.58% of the sample had ICD-10 diagnoses of anxiety.
- Only 4.1% of individuals had self-report measures available at the time of diagnosis.
- 22% of those with self-report measures indicated clinically elevated distress.
Takeaway
This study looked at how to find out if people feel sad or anxious after being told they have dementia, and it found that many don't get checked for these feelings.
Methodology
Secondary data analysis of EMR records from the Mount Sinai Data Warehouse.
Limitations
Only a small proportion of individuals had self-report measures available for assessing distress.
Participant Demographics
Individuals aged 65 and older with recent ADRD diagnoses.
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