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| Mental status and self-medication ability in the hospitalized elderly | | Author(s) | Louise Patrick, Katharine Howell |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 17, no 4, Winter 1998 |
| Pages | pp 425-439 |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Drugs ; In-patients ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The study investigated the relationship among several aspects of cognitive functioning and the outcome of self-medication training in hospitalised older patients. Data from 53 geriatric patients who received rehabilitation treatment at the SCO Hospital in Ottawa, Canada between 1992 and 1997 were collected, on an archival basis. Patients began a graduated self-medication programme after undergoing a neuropsychological evaluation. Performance scores from five different aspects of cognition were regressed on the self-medication training outcomes measures. Findings revealed that aspects of cognitive functioning were significantly related to the outcome of self-medication training. Psychometric measures of cognition can therefore be useful in predicting which patients are most likely to benefit from a self-medication programme, or alternatively, those who would require a modified programme to be able to learn. The clinical implications of these results is discussed. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990331219 A |
| Classmark | D: LLD: LF7: 7S |
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