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The Assessment and Progress of Long-Stay and Elderly Psychiatric Patients: The Predictive Validity of a Ward Behaviour Questionnaire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Michael Clarke ,
Jane Waller  and
Barbara Webster
Michael Clarke
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Social Mediane, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London SE1 7EH
Jane Waller
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Social Mediane, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London SE1 7EH
Barbara Webster
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Social Mediane, St. Thomas's Hospital Medical School, London SE1 7EH
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Summary

This paper describes an attempt to validate a behaviour rating scale used to predict the likelihood of discharge among elderly and long-stay patients in a psychiatric hospital. The scale measured behaviour on the ward as rated by nursing staff. The scale was a sensitive predictor of discharge among those with a low score (indicating least disability), except for patients with organic psychoses. However, many patients with low scores were not discharged. In order to improve the scale's use as a screening technique additional information was considered. The significance of the findings is discussed.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 127 , Issue 2 , August 1975 , pp. 149 - 156
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1975 

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