BRIEF OBJECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MENTAL STATUS IN THE AGED
BRIEF OBJECTIVE MEASURES FOR THE DETERMINATION OF MENTAL STATUS IN THE AGED
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DOI：
10.1176/ajp.117.4.326
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发表时间：
1960-01-01
影响因子：
17.7
通讯作者：
PECK, A
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作者：
KAHN, RL;GOLDFARB, AI;PECK, A
数据是对居住在纽约市养老院、养老院和州立医院的1077名随机抽样的人的数据，他们在首次入院时年龄在65岁或以上。每个人都由一名精神病学家使用标准的访谈技术进行检查，并由一名心理学家进行两项简短的测试：面对面测试和一份包含10个项目的问卷，测试对个人和一般信息的定向和回忆。这两个测试的结果都与精神科医生对慢性脑综合征的存在和程度、与慢性脑综合征相关的精神病的存在或不存在、对可证明性的看法以及管理问题的程度的临床评估高度相关。结论：面手测验和心理状态问卷是确定老年人心理状态的有效手段，尤其是对与脑损伤相关的疾病。这些测试被认为对快速筛查有相当大的潜在临床用途。它们为不同观察者观察和评价的一致性提供了客观依据。这些测试的简洁性和客观性使它们成为研究目的的理想程序。
Data are presented on a random sample of 1077 persons residing in homes for the aged, nursing homes and state hospitals in New York City, who were 65 years of age or over at the time of first admission. Each person was examined by a psychiatrist using a standard interview technique, and by a psychologist who administered two brief tests: the face-hand test, and a 10-item questionnaire testing orientation and recall of personal and general information. The results of both tests were highly related to psychiatrists'' clinical evaluations of the presence and degree of chronic brain syndrome, the presence or absence of psychosis associated with chronic brain syndrome, opinion as to certifiability, and degree of management problem. It is concluded that the face-hand test and the mental status questionnaire are valid measures for the determination of mental status in the aged, particularly for disorders associated with cerebral damage. These tests are considered to have a considerable potential clinical usefulness for rapid screening purposes. They provide an objective basis for uniformity of observation and evaluation by different observers. The brevity and objectivity of these tests make them desirable procedures for research purposes.