Diagnosis of psychiatric disorder in elderly general and geriatric hospital patients: Agecat and dsm‐III‐r compared

David Ames; Eleanor Flynn; Virginia Tuckwell; Susan Harrigan

doi:10.1002/gps.930090806

Diagnosis of psychiatric disorder in elderly general and geriatric hospital patients: Agecat and dsm‐III‐r compared

David Ames, Eleanor Flynn, Virginia Tuckwell, Susan Harrigan

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Abstract

Physically ill elderly patients (N= 236) in a geriatric and a general hospital were interviewed with the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) schedule. Psychiatric diagnoses made by the computer programme ‘AGECAT’ were compared with those made by a psychiatrist who applied DSM‐III‐R diagnostic criteria to the GMS data. Overall kappa for all diagnostic groups was 0.78. Agreement was excellent for organic diagnoses and good for depression. GMS‐AGECAT can be used with confidence to detect common psychiatric disorders in physically ill elderly general and geriatric hospital patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	627-633
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Volume	9
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.930090806
Publication status	Published - Aug 1994
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

comparison
diagnostic systems
elderly
physical illness
Psychiatric diagnosis

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Erratum: Diagnosis of psychiatric disorder in elderly general and geriatric hospital patients: AGECAT and DSM-III-R compared: (International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, (1994) 9, (627-633))

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