Why the study?
Does fluoxetine improve depression response rates in acute geriatric medical inpatients with physical illness?
Population
Acute geriatric medical inpatients with depression and physical illness
Comparison
Fluoxetine for 8 weeks vs Placebo
Design
RCT, randomly assigned, double-blind
Follow-up
8 weeks
Authors
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Supports fluoxetine for depression in select physically ill elderly inpatients completing ≥5 weeks; extends subgroup-specific efficacy evidence in geriatric RCTs.
Does fluoxetine improve depression response rates in acute geriatric medical inpatients with physical illness?
Fluoxetine may be effective for treating depression in specific subgroups of physically ill elderly inpatients, particularly those with life-threatening or cerebrovascular diseases.
Evans et al. (1997) studied this question.
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