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| A study of the quality of life in elderly people using psychological testing | | Author(s) | Itsugi Nagatomo, Kenji Kita, Morikuni Takigawa |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 6, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 599-608 |
| Keywords | Life satisfaction ; Mental health [elderly] ; Testing ; Evaluation ; Japan. |
| Annotation | To study factors influencing quality of life (QOL) in older people living in a long-term care facility in Japan, the relationship between scores on the modified Philadelphia Geriatric Center (JPGC) Morale Scale and various other psychological tests were investigated. The JPGC Morale Scale correlates with scores for all sections of the Japanese version of the Cornell Medical Index (JCMI), but not for those with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), and the activities of daily living (ADL). Both somatic and psychotic symptoms on the JCMI were correlated with the dementia behaviour disturbance scale score and walking ability according to ADL. Further testing using Fukamachi's neurotic discriminative diagram based on the JCMI indicated higher score on psychotic and somatic symptoms. Results indicate that QOL of older people is influenced by subjective symptoms, but not by degree of cognitive impairment or ADL. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970807239 A |
| Classmark | F:5HH: D: 3T: 4C: 7DT |
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