Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học General Psychiatry cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Cognitive status and behavioral problems in older hospitalized patients. | Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry Primary Research BioMed Central Open Access Cognitive status and behavioral problems in older hospitalized patients Ruth O Hara 1 Martin S Mumenthaler1 Helen Davies2 Erin L Cassidy1 2 Martha Buffum3 Sarojini Namburi2 Roxanne Shakoori2 Claire E Danielsen1 Patricia Tsui2 Art Noda2 Helena C Kraemer1 and Javaid I Sheikh1 2 Address Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford University Stanford CA. United States 2Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System Palo Alto CA. United States and 3Veterans Affairs Medical Center San Francisco CA. United States E-mail Ruth O Hara - roh@ Martin S Mumenthaler - msm@ Helen Davies - hddavies@ Erin L Cassidy - ecassidy@ Martha Buffum - mbuffum@ Sarojini Namburi - roh@ Roxanne Shakoori - shakoor@ Claire E Danielsen - claired@ Patricia Tsui - roh@ Art Noda - artnoda@ Helena C Kraemer - hck@ Javaid I Sheikh - sheikh@ Corresponding author Published 27 September 2002 Received 14 June 2002 Accepted 27 September 2002 Annals of General Hospital Psychiatry 2002 I l This article is available from http content 1 1 1 2002 O Hara et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This article is published in Open Access verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. Keywords Acute Care Older Patients Agitation Cognition Abstract Objectives a To determine the quantity and quality of behavioral problems in older hospitalized patients on acute care units b to determine the burden of these behaviors on staff and c to identify predictors of behavioral problems. Methods Upon admission patients performed the Mini-Mental State Exam MMSE the Geriatric Depression Scale GDS and .