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Cross-cultural differences in demented geropsychiatric inpatients with behavioral disturbances
Author(s)Macjohn Akpaffiong, Mark E Kunik, Danielle Hale
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 10, October 1999
Pagespp 845-850
KeywordsDementia ; Psychogeriatric patients ; Behaviour disorders ; White people ; Black African ; Geriatric units ; Psychiatric treatment ; United States of America.
Annotation141 Caucasian patients were compared with 56 African-American patients admitted to a US geropsychiatric inpatient unit. At admission, differences in behaviour disturbances between the two groups were examined using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS). Differences in treatment were assessed by comparing medication types and doses between the two groups. Both groups of patients responded similarly to like treatment; and this may be explained by the multi-ethnic make-up of the interdisciplinary treatment team and by use of standardised scales to measure symptomatology and response. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-000114215 A
ClassmarkEA: LF:E: EP: TKA: TKF: LDB: LP: 7T

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