[Standardized behavior assessment plays a minor role in arriving at indications for admission to a psychogeriatric nursing home].
To investigate the role which standardised, patient related data play in indicated admission to a psychogeriatric nursing home, we compared the data of 120 indicated with those of 68 not-indicated patients. High scores on subscales 'helplessness' and 'inactivity' of the Dutch version of the Stockton Geriatric Rating Scale were the best predictors of indicated admission to a certain extent (21.6%). Furthermore a history of cardiac diseases and the state of being unmarried increased the probability of indicated admission to a small degree. Only a limited percentage of the variance in the decision of the indication committee could be explained. The limited availability of data which are collected in a standardised way, especially data concerning the caregiving system and the absence of valid and reliable instruments for the investigation of indicated admission are the most probable causes of this fact.
Janzing
J G
JG
Afdeling Psychiatrie, Academisch Ziekenhuis Nijmegen.
Hodiamont
P P
PP
van't Hof
M A
MA
Teunisse
R J
RJ
Zitman
F G
FG
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010343:Patient Admission; D012919:Social Behavior
Gestandaardiseerde gedragsbeoordeling speelt een betrekkelijk geringe rol bij de indicatiestelling voor opname in een psychogeratrisch verpleeghuis.