The prediction of outcome in elderly psychiatric patients.
Clinical and psychometric characteristics of a sample of elderly psychiatric patients were established soon after admission and they were then followed for 1 year. An attempt to predict outcome was most successful for an unfavourable type which was predictable by measures related to intellectual impairment.
D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D011379:Prognosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012008:Recurrence; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis