Orthostatic hypotension in patients with late-life depression: Prevalence and validation of a new screening tool.
Amruta ShanbhagHelen AwaiSoham RejAlan J ThomasKlajdi PukaAkshya VasudevPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2018)
OH is common in patients with LLD conferring them a risk of gait instability and falls. Females had a higher risk of having OH while participants who were married or in a common-law relationship were less likely to have OH. Although the OHQ is a quick to administer paper-based screening test, it did not show adequate diagnostic accuracy in patients with LLD seen in a routine psychiatry clinic.