Outcome in elderly psychiatric patients: implications of cognitive changes.
Elderly psychiatric patients who were in contact with the hospital service one year after admission were reassessed using clinical and psychometric measures. Outcome was determined by survival over the following four years. On the psychometric tasks, there was a differential tendency for those who subsequently died to show declining levels of functioning over the year.
D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales