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| Psychological predictors of admission and discharge Global Assessment of Functioning Scale scores for geropsychiatric inpatients | | Author(s) | J A Whitney, M E Kunik, V Molinari |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 505-513 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Psychogeriatric patients ; Admission [hospitals] ; Discharge [hospitals] ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | 301 predominantly male geropsychiatric inpatients were recruited from the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center for this study on use of admission and discharge Global Assessment of Functioning Scale scores (GAF). Path analysis was used to test a model proposing causal paths of psychological predictors (cognitive status, depression, agitation, general psychiatric status) to GAF scores on admission and discharge. At admission, all four psychological predicters had positive paths to the admission GAF scores, but at discharge, only two (cognitive status and general psychiatric status) had positive paths to the discharge GAF scores. The admissions GAF scale scores also had a positive path to the discharge GAF scale scores. The overall functional level of geropsychiatric inpatients may be predicted by measures which assess overall cognitive status and general psychiatric functioning while in hospital. Results prompt consideration of a modified global scale specifically reflecting an older person's activities during this period of life. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041216208 A |
| Classmark | D: LF:E: LD:QKH: LD:QKJ: DA:4C: 7T |
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