title: Assessing behavioral health using OASIS: part 2: cognitive impairment, problematic behaviors, and anxiety.
abstract: This article is the second of a two-part series on assessing behavioral health in adult and elderly home care patients using OASIS. Part 1 presented an assessment approach for depressive symptoms and suicidality. This article presents the assessment of cognitive impairment, problematic behaviors, and anxiety using OASIS as a framework and stresses the importance of direct questioning. Case scenarios and guidelines for referral for further evaluation and possible treatment are provided.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY 10656, USA. praue@med.cornell.edu
authors: Patrick J
authors: PJ
authors: Raue
authors: Ellen L
authors: EL
authors: Brown
authors: Christopher F
authors: CF
authors: Murphy
authors: Martha L
authors: ML
authors: Bruce
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D001526:Behavioral Symptoms / Q000503:physiopathology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014481:United States