scholarly journals How nurses' attire affects elderly psychiatric patients' ability to recognise them

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-238
Author(s):  
Hugh Joseph McCreedy ◽  
Peter William Bentham
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

The ability of elderly patients to identify a nurse wearing a uniform as opposed to mufti was investigated together with the effect of administrator attire on the Abbreviated Mental Test score (AMT). Thirty-six out of 71 patients identified a nurse wearing mufti increasing to 59/71 when wearing uniform (P < 0.005). Patients rated by a uniformed nurse had significantly higher mean AMT scores (6.1) than when rated by a nurse in mufti (5.6) (P < 0.01), and this also had a significant effect on the sensitivity in predicting an organic diagnosis.

scholarly journals 247THE ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST SCORE: THE 1916 QUESTION

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. ii13.117-ii56
Author(s):  
Martin M O'Donnell ◽  
Niamh A O'Regan ◽  
David J Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

Validation of the Greek version of the Abbreviated Mental Test Score: Preliminary findings for cognitively impaired patients of different etiology

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Dionysios Tafiadis ◽  
Nafsika Ziavra ◽  
Alexandra Prentza ◽  
Vassiliki Siafaka ◽  
Vasiliki Zarokanellou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Greek Version ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

Depression, Dementia and Disability in the Elderly

1987 ◽  
Vol 150 (4) ◽  
pp. 482-493 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Griffiths ◽  
W. R. Good ◽  
N. P. Watson ◽  
H. F. O'Donnell ◽  
P. J. Fell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Rural Community ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Community Practice ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Age Related ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression

A structured sample of mobile elderly patients in a rural community practice was assessed on validated rating scales for depression, dementia and disability. A total of 62% of the sample was abnormal on at least one variable. The overall prevalence of depression was 13%; the overall prevalence of dementia was either 10 or 18% depending on the criterion of Mental Test Score (MTS). Depression and dementia were related, depression being more common in females. In depressed and demented patients, MTS was age-related in those over 60 years; in depression alone, MTS was not age-related. Dementia was age-related, particularly over the age of 75. Disability increased with age and was more common in females. Disability was associated with both depression and dementia.

Validity and reliability of Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) among older Iranian

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 460-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahshid Foroughan ◽  
Lars-Olof Wahlund ◽  
Zahra Jafari ◽  
Mehdi Rahgozar ◽  
Ida G. Farahani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test
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