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The Geriatric Mental State (GMS) used in the community: replication studies of the computerized diagnosis AGECAT

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

J. R. M. Copeland ,
M. E. Dewey ,
A. S. Henderson ,
D. W. K. Kay ,
C. D. Neal ,
M. A. M. Harrison ,
C. McWilliam ,
D. Forshaw  and
R. Shiwach
J. R. M. Copeland*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
M. E. Dewey
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
A. S. Henderson
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
D. W. K. Kay
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
C. D. Neal
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
M. A. M. Harrison
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
C. McWilliam
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
D. Forshaw
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
R. Shiwach
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Human Ageing, Liverpool, UK, Department of Psychiatry, University of Tasmania and NH & MRC Social Psychiatry Research Unit, The Australian National University, Australia
*
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

Three studies are reported using the Geriatric Mental State in one of its community forms on a total of 647 subjects aged over 65 and living in their own homes. The concordance between the computer diagnosis AGECAT and psychiatrists' diagnosis is at least as good in these replication samples as in the original studies (Copeland et al. 1986). AGECAT has been shown to be useful for epidemiological surveys and as a diagnostic guide for non-medical interviewers.

Type
Research Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , February 1988 , pp. 219 - 223
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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