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A computerized psychiatric diagnostic system and case nomenclature for elderly subjects: GMS and AGECAT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2011

J. R. M. Copeland ,
M. E. Dewey  and
H. M. Griffiths-Jones
J. R. M. Copeland*
Affiliation:
From the University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool
M. E. Dewey
Affiliation:
From the University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool
H. M. Griffiths-Jones
Affiliation:
From the University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool
*
1Address for correspondence: Professor J. R. M. Copeland, University Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool Hospital, PO Box 147, Liverpool L69 3BX.
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Synopsis

The Geriatric Mental State and a new computerized diagnostic system, AGECAT, are briefly described. A nomenclature for designating cases for epidemiological work is introduced. Concordance between AGECAT and psychiatrists' diagnoses for these studies, hospital and community based (total of 541 subjects), achieved overall kappa values of 0·84 for a psychiatric hospital sample and 0·74 for a community sample. The values for depression and organic illness specifically in these settings were psychiatric hospital 0·80/0·86, and community 0·80/0·88, respectively.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 89 - 99
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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