TY - JOUR
T1 - Screening for Cognitive Deficits in a Sample of Hospitalized Geriatric Patients
T2 - A Re‐evaluation of a Brief Mental Status Questionnaire
AU - OMER, HAIM
AU - FOLDES, JOSEPH
AU - TOBY, MARTIN
AU - MENCZEL, JACOB
PY - 1983/5
Y1 - 1983/5
N2 - A 30‐item screening examination for cognitive deficits was administered to 65 hospitalized elderly patients and to 60 elderly controls. A high proportion (73 per cent) of the hospitalized patients were found to have low cognitive scores indicative of probable organic mental syndrome (OMS). Especially high deficits were found among the patients with orthopedic and cerebrovascular conditions. The test correctly identified the 15 cases of established OMS. The percentage of false positive results in the normal controls was reasonably low. The importance of routine cognitive measurements in medical wards is stressed. 1983 The American Geriatrics Society
AB - A 30‐item screening examination for cognitive deficits was administered to 65 hospitalized elderly patients and to 60 elderly controls. A high proportion (73 per cent) of the hospitalized patients were found to have low cognitive scores indicative of probable organic mental syndrome (OMS). Especially high deficits were found among the patients with orthopedic and cerebrovascular conditions. The test correctly identified the 15 cases of established OMS. The percentage of false positive results in the normal controls was reasonably low. The importance of routine cognitive measurements in medical wards is stressed. 1983 The American Geriatrics Society
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1983.tb04868.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1983.tb04868.x
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AN - SCOPUS:0020585753
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 31
SP - 266
EP - 268
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 5
ER -