Five-year follow-up study of nursing home residents using the behavioral rating scale.
We followed up 109 elderly nursing home residents for 5 years using the modified Stockton Geriatric Rating Scale (SGRS). They were divided into 3 groups according to their walking ability, prolonged bedrest, walking with aids and walking by themselves. The scores of physical disability and apathy and the total score were in direct proportion to the degree of walking ability, and the score of communication failure of prolonged bedrest was significantly higher than those of other 2 states in the initial examination. The percentage of mortality of prolonged bedrest was significantly higher than those of other 2 groups. Physical disabilities of all the groups had deteriorated during the follow-up period, but only communication failure of walking with aids and the total score of walking by themselves had aggravated. It is considered that using of the behavioral rating scale such as the modified SGRS is conformative in caring of the elderly.
Nagatomo
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Department of Neuropsychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan.
Nomaguchi
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M
Matsumoto
K
K
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D001510:Bed Rest / Q000009:adverse effects; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000145:classification; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D009735:Nursing Homes; D016138:Walking