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Psychogeriatric reactivation in a psychiatric-skilled nursing home — a clinical-empirical exploration
Author(s)	T J E M Bakker, H J Duivenvoorden, W J Schudel
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 16, no 1, January 2001
Pages	pp 1-6
Keywords	Psychogeriatric patients ; Therapy ; Nursing homes ; Clinical surveys ; Netherlands.
Annotation	Reactivation seems a promising programme for frail psychogeriatric patients with functional-psychiatric pathology but without substantial deterioration of cognitive function disorders and self-care deficits. The findings of a retrospective, clinical, empirical study of 102 patients in a Dutch psychiatric nursing home suggest that their general characteristics were not of prognostic value. However, functional characteristics - Geriatric Depression Index (GDI), Help Index (HI) and activities of daily living (ADL) score - were prognostically important. It proved possible to make advance estimates of the probability of discharge for such patients, which is of clinical interest. Before a reliable and valid prognostic instrument can be constructed, the patients' functional and diagnostic characteristics should be assessed. Ideally, a study with a randomised, controlled, parallel group design should be used for this purpose. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010227207 A
Classmark	LF:E: LO: LHB: 3G: 76H
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