PMID- 15724832
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20050308
LR  - 20191109
IS  - 1360-7863 (Print)
IS  - 1360-7863 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 6
DP  - 2004 Nov
TI  - Psychological predictors of admission and discharge global assessment of 
      functioning scale scores for geropsychiatric inpatients.
PG  - 505-13
AB  - This study examined psychological predictors of Global Assessment of Functioning 
      Scale scores (GAF) at intake and at discharge for geropsychiatric inpatients. A 
      total of 301 predominantly male geropsychiatric inpatients were recruited from 
      the Houston Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Path analysis was used to test a 
      model proposing causal paths of psychological predictors (cognitive status, 
      depression, agitation, general psychiatric status) to GAF scores on admission and 
      discharge. At admission, all four psychological predictors had positive paths to 
      the admission GAF scale scores but at discharge, only two (i.e., cognitive status 
      and general psychiatric status) of the four psychological predictors had positive 
      paths to the discharge GAF scale scores. The admission GAF scale scores also had 
      a positive path to the discharge GAF scale scores. The overall functioning level 
      of geropsychiatric inpatients may be predicted by measures which assess overall 
      cognitive status and general psychiatric functioning during hospitalization. 
      Results prompt consideration of a modified global scale specifically reflecting 
      an older adult's activities during this period of life.
FAU - Whitney, J A
AU  - Whitney JA
AD  - University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
FAU - Kunik, M E
AU  - Kunik ME
FAU - Molinari, V
AU  - Molinari V
FAU - Lopez, F G
AU  - Lopez FG
FAU - Karner, T
AU  - Karner T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Aging Ment Health
JT  - Aging & mental health
JID - 9705773
SB  - IM
MH  - Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cognition
MH  - Female
MH  - *Geriatric Assessment
MH  - *Geriatric Psychiatry
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*psychology
MH  - Patient Admission
MH  - *Patient Discharge
EDAT- 2005/02/24 09:00
MHDA- 2005/03/09 09:00
CRDT- 2005/02/24 09:00
PHST- 2005/02/24 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2005/03/09 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/02/24 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/13607860412331303784 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Aging Ment Health. 2004 Nov;8(6):505-13. doi: 10.1080/13607860412331303784.