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| Psychopathological and functional outcome in the treatment of elderly inpatients with depressive disorders, dementia, delirium, and psychoses | | Author(s) | Jens Kronborg Djernes, Nils Chr. Gulmann, Kirsten E Abelskov |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 10, no 1, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp 71-83 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Confusion ; Psychoses ; Depression ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Gait loss ; In-patients ; Rehabilitation ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | This study examined the functional implications and the possible rehabilitation potentials of dementia, delirium, and psychosis in older inpatients, compared with that in depression. Over a 1-year period, all patients in a psychogeriatric university clinic in Denmark were assessed on admission and at discharge with a selection of rating scales and diagnosed according to ICD-10 by consultants with no knowledge of the results of the ratings. All patients who had a principal diagnosis of major depression, dementia, delirium, or a psychosis are discussed in this article. Ratings were made for psychopathology, behavioural disorders, depressive statements, intellectual functioning, activities of daily living (ADLs), and gait. Depressive and delirious patients improved their psychopathology status, but the other assessments were unchanged. Results from the small sample of psychotic patients were mainly inconclusive, but there was a tendency for improvement with respect to psychopathology and gait. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980915406 A |
| Classmark | EA: EDC: EL: ENR: C4: CA: C8G: LF7: LM: 76K |
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