title: [A short questionnaire as a means of screening for psychiatric disorders in the aged].
abstract: The authors elaborated a brief questionnaire of mental health of old people. They discuss the the suitability of the self-evaluating part of the questionnaire for detection of mental disorders. Hundred and forty subjects above 65 years of age were examined: living in their homes or hospitalized at the psychiatric clinic. The mean score of the self-evaluating part of the questionnaire in the group of healthy and mentally ill differs significantly. The sensitivity of the self-evaluating part for the non-differentiated group of patients is 62.07% and the specificity is 73.08%. Self-evaluation with the best reliability differentiates from healthy subjects the group of depressive patients (sensitivity 82.76%). It was revealed that self-evaluation can help also with detection of dementia (sensitivity (61.11%). An enhanced discriminating sensitivity of the questionnaire is expected from a combination of self-evaluation with items expressing objective evaluation. The authors emphasize the possibility to entrust the questionnaire to paramedical workers, and its non-pretentious character which makes it suitable for old people.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrická Klinika LF UK a FN Bratislava.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kolibás
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zucha
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caplová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fleischer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kesický
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
vernacular_title: Krátký dotazník ako prostriedok skriningu psychických porúch v starobe.