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The Assessment of Psychological Distress
Author(s) -
Kalfoss Mary Harris
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.1992.tb00119.x
Subject(s) - distress , psychological distress , psychopathology , clinical psychology , intervention (counseling) , scale (ratio) , psychology , rating scale , population , nursing assessment , depression (economics) , nursing practice , psychiatry , medicine , medline , anxiety , nursing , developmental psychology , physics , environmental health , quantum mechanics , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
. This paper describes the assessment of psychological distress symptoms in the hospitalized physically ill elderly using a screening instrument known as the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) (Åsberg et al. 1978). The methodological properties of this scale and a subscale known as the Montgomery Åsberg Depression Scale (MADRS) (Montgomery‐Åsberg 1979) are discussed. It is suggested that the introduction of these scales into routine nursing practice would facilitate the identification and collection of psychological distress symptoms in this population and serve as a basis for nursing intervention and evaluation.