The performance of the Depressive Signs Scale (DSS), completed by the nursing sta, in detecting signiยฎcant clinical depression among continuing care psychogeriatric inpatients was examined. A cuto score of 5/6 gave the best sensitivity (70%) and speciยฎcity (72%) in the whole sample. The same cuto va
Medication Use in Continuing Care Psychogeriatric Wards
โ Scribed by Gray, T.N. ;Shah, A.
- Book ID
- 114825763
- Publisher
- Wiley (Blackwell Publishing)
- Year
- 1994
- Weight
- 307 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0726-4240
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