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A 12-month follow-up study of people with dementia referred to general hospital liaison psychiatry services
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Sheehan, Bart, Lall, R., Gage, H., Holland, C., Katz, J. and Mitchell, K. (2013) A 12-month follow-up study of people with dementia referred to general hospital liaison psychiatry services. Age and Ageing, 42 (6). pp. 786-790. doi:10.1093/ageing/aft139
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft139
Abstract
Background: new services for patients with dementia in general hospitals are being widely developed. Little is known of outcomes after hospital for such patients. Objective: to establish outcomes for patients with dementia referred to general hospital psychiatric services. Design: prospective cohort study. Setting: two UK general hospitals. Subjects: referrals with dementia to liaison psychiatric services. Method: eligible referrals (n = 112), and their carers, were assessed during admission, and at 6 and 12 months, using battery of health measurements. Results: mortality at 6 months was 31% and at 12 months 40%. At baseline, 13% lived in a care home, rising to 84% by 6 months. Quality of life scores remained stable over 12 months, while carer stress fell significantly. Baseline clinical and demographic variables did not predict quality of life or carer stress at 6 and 12 months. Conclusions: dementia liaison services in general hospitals currently focus on poor outcome cases. © The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Geriatrics Society. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | Age and Ageing | ||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0002-0729 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 1 November 2013 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 42 | ||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 786-790 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/ageing/aft139 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Funder: | Alzheimer's Society (AS) | ||||||
| Grant number: | 96 | ||||||
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