QUANTIFICATION OF PHYSICAL ILLNESS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH IN THE ELDERLY
QUANTIFICATION OF PHYSICAL ILLNESS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH IN THE ELDERLY
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DOI：
10.1002/gps.930050304
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发表时间：
1990-05-01
影响因子：
4
通讯作者：
HALL, WD
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作者：
BURVILL, PW;MOWRY, B;HALL, WD
本文概述了一个简单的编码矩阵，用于记录身体疾病在一个紧凑的形式，适合于计算机化的研究。它允许以多种不同的方式记录身体疾病；涉及的特定器官系统；疾病是急性还是慢性；疾病的严重程度；以及干扰日常生活的严重程度。在一组住院的老年抑郁症患者中显示了该方案的应用。还包括三个身体疾病自我评估量表和一个OARS。身体健康等级。结论是，以精神病学研究为目的，评估老年人全球身体疾病的最简单和最节省的方法是(a)测量受急性和慢性身体疾病影响的身体系统的数量，(b)要求每个病人通过一个适当的问题评估他/她自己的身体健康。
This article outlines a simple coding matrix for recording physical illness in a compact form suitable for computerization in research. It allows the recording of physical illness in a number of different ways; the particular organ system(s) involved; whether the illness is acute or chronicle; the severity of illness; and the severity of interference with daily living. The application of the scheme is shown in a cohort of depressed elderly patients in hospital. Also included were three self-assessment scales of physical illness and an OARS. Physical Health Rating. It was concluded that the simplest and most parsimonious approach to assessing global physicals illness for psychiatric research purposes on the elderly would be to (a) measure the number of body systems affected by acute and chronic physical illness, and (b) ask each patient to assess his/her own physical health by one appropriate question.