The Contribution of Cognitive Impairment, Medical Burden, and Psychopathology to the Functional Status of Geriatric Psychiatric Inpatients

In order to define the contributions of cognitive impairment, medical burden, and psychopathology to the functional status of geriatric psychiatric patients, a forward-looking, retrospective study of 106 consecutive admissions to a geriatric psychiatric unit at the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical C...

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Published in:General hospital psychiatry 1998-05, Vol.20 (3), p.183-188
Main Authors: Kunik, Mark E, Benton, Cynthia L, Snow-Turek, A.Lynn, Molinari, Victor, Orengo, Claudia A, Workman, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Dementia - diagnosis
Female
Frail Elderly - psychology
Geriatric Assessment - statistics & numerical data
Geriatrics
Health Status
Hospitalization
Humans
Inpatients - psychology
Length of Stay - statistics & numerical data
Linear Models
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mood Disorders - diagnosis
Neurobehavioral Manifestations - classification
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology - statistics & numerical data
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotic Disorders - diagnosis
Retrospective Studies
Texas
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Summary:In order to define the contributions of cognitive impairment, medical burden, and psychopathology to the functional status of geriatric psychiatric patients, a forward-looking, retrospective study of 106 consecutive admissions to a geriatric psychiatric unit at the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center Hospital was done. It was found that psychopathology and cognitive status, but not medical burden, contributed to the variance in functional status of geriatric psychiatric inpatients for both admission scores and for changes in scores during hospitalization. Improvements in cognitive state and psychopathology were associated with improvements in functional status during hospitalization.
ISSN:0163-8343
1873-7714
DOI:10.1016/S0163-8343(98)00013-9