[The Behavior Observation Scale for Intramural Psychogeriatrics and clinical diagnosis; a comparison with the BOP (Assessment Elderly Patients) and NOSIE-30].
Using a stepwise discriminant analysis we examined the Dutch observational ward behaviour scale GIP in relation to DSM-III-R classification. The GIP was compared to older rating-scales like the BOP and NOSIE-30 in a psychiatric observation clinic for the elderly. Nurses' observations based on the GIP are highly related to clinical diagnosis. Two hundred and ten patients with a dementia syndrome, other organic mental disorders, schizophrenia or mood disorders are correctly classified in 85.7% of the cases, compared to 74.3% and 72.8% with the BOP and NOSIE-30. GIP subscales were also significantly and exclusively correlated with severity of dementia and depression. However, the original GIP norms, based on observation in a chronic psychiatric population, are inadequate for the description of newly admitted elderly psychiatric patients.
de Jonghe
J F
JF
Psychiatrisch Centrum Vogelenzang, Bennebroek.
Kat
M G
MG
Rottier
W P
WP
de Reus
R
R
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012919:Social Behavior
De Gedragsobservatieschaal voor de Intramurale Psychogeriatrie (GIP) en de klinische diagnose; een vergelijking met de BOP en NOSIE-30.