A comparison of older longstay psychiatric and learning disabilityinpatients using the health of the nation outcome scales. 12(5).
O. Ashaye
Bok Engelsk 1997
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| Opplysninger | Objective. With increasing longevity, the number of elderly patientswith psychiatric or learning disabilities is likely to increase. Thedegree of overlap of symptoms and needs of these two groups ofpatients, which may allow for their care within the same service, wasexamined.Design. Twenty-six longstay, elderly (>65 years) psychiatric patientsresident in psychogeriatric wards of a psychiatric hospital werecompared with 23 longstay, elderly patients and 40 longstay patientsaged 50-65 years, both resident in the wards of a specialist hospitalfor learning disabilities. The instrument used was the Health of theNation Outcome Scales (HoNOS).Result. On the HoNOS, the elderly psychiatric patients scoredsignificantly higher for problems with mood, relationships andoccupation/activities. There were no significant differences for anyof the scales rated between the 50-65 and >65 years old patients withlearning disabilities.Conclusion. The similarities between the three groups of patientswould suggest that for some patients the same services may beutilized. This could reduce the cost of the care in the community andentail more economical use of the facilities and staff. The HoNOSproved to be a concise and simple instrument, which could become auseful tool in monitoring the outcome of healthcare in longstaypatients. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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