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A Comparison Between Three Psychogeriatric Rating Scales by Elmo Jensen; Ove Dehlin; Lars Gustafson is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Comparison Between Three Psychogeriatric Rating Scales about?
This study compares a new psychogeriatric rating scale, the Organic Brain Syndrome (OBS) scale, which is a combined observation and interview scale, with two other scales. Twenty-eight elderly demented patients took part in the study. The OBS scale was compared to the Gottfries, BrPne and Steen (GBS) scale, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) scale and a global rating. The correlations between OBS, GBS and MMSE were high, showing that the concurrent validity is good. The ratings of the OBS scale were independent of the patient's physical disabilities as measured by Katz's index, ie the discriminant validity was good. The analyses show similarities and differences between the clinical dimensions described in the rating scales. The OBS scale contributes unique clinical information and is a valid instrument for assessment of dementia symptoms.
Who reads A Comparison Between Three Psychogeriatric Rating Scales?
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- Author
- Elmo Jensen; Ove Dehlin; Lars Gustafson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)