TY - JOUR
T1 - Is there a need for admission and discharge cognitive screening for the medically ill?
AU - Gehi, Mohan
AU - Strain, James J.
AU - Weltz, Nan
AU - Jacobs, John
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration grant MH-13041 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
PY - 1980
Y1 - 1980
N2 - The Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination, developed to detect cognitive deficits as possible manifestations of diffuse organic mental syndromes, was administered on admission and at discharge to 106 patients on a medical ward of a general hospital (mean age, 56 years). Thirty-three percent of the patients showed diminished cognitive capacity at admission, of which 16% were undetected by the house staff. Restudy at discharge revealed that 28% of the sample continued to have diminished cognitive capacity. This study documents the incidence of cognitive deficits, highlights the need for early detection, and offers practical considerations for discharge procedures.
AB - The Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination, developed to detect cognitive deficits as possible manifestations of diffuse organic mental syndromes, was administered on admission and at discharge to 106 patients on a medical ward of a general hospital (mean age, 56 years). Thirty-three percent of the patients showed diminished cognitive capacity at admission, of which 16% were undetected by the house staff. Restudy at discharge revealed that 28% of the sample continued to have diminished cognitive capacity. This study documents the incidence of cognitive deficits, highlights the need for early detection, and offers practical considerations for discharge procedures.
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U2 - 10.1016/0163-8343(80)90060-2
DO - 10.1016/0163-8343(80)90060-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 7429147
AN - SCOPUS:0019197095
SN - 0163-8343
VL - 2
SP - 186
EP - 191
JO - General Hospital Psychiatry
JF - General Hospital Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -