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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
A composite screening instrument measuring depression, anxiety, cognitive dysfunction, and pain identified 40 percent of a sample of general medical inpatients (30% of total patients before exclusions) as having significant psychopathology or pain, a reasonable number based on clinical incidence literature. These identified patients' hospital length of stay did not differ from the length of stay for other patients. The screen identified 21 percent as very depressed, 19 percent as very anxious, 15 percent as having cognitive dysfunction, and 11 percent with high pain levels. Depression, anxiety, and pain frequently occurred together. Further study is required to refine the instrument and assess its effectiveness at targeting patients for psychiatric intervention.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0091-2174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
231-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-7-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Psychopathology in medical inpatients and its relationship to length of hospital stay: a pilot study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article