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The Gerontologist, Vol 30, Issue 6 803-810, Copyright © 1990 by The Gerontological Society of America

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Prognostic validity of clinical and psychometric variables in psychogeriatric inpatients

J Appell and SS Kazarian
Psychology Department, London Psychiatric Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

The prognostic validity of both clinical and psychometric variables in a sample of psychogeriatric inpatients was evaluated. Elderly patients were divided into three outcome groups (nondischarged, n = 29; discharged-readmitted, n = 38; and discharged-nonreadmitted, n = 67), and comparisons were made on the clinical and psychometric variables. Results were cross-validated on a new sample of patients. Discriminant analysis yielded two predictive functions, which appeared to represent physical status and behavioral disturbance. Results suggest that a combination of clinical and psychometric variables yields the best level of prediction.


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