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Development of a Geriatric Behavioral Self‐Assessment Scale *
Author(s) -
YESAVAGE JEROME A.,
ADEY MICHAEL,
WERNER PAUL D.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1981.tb02193.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rating scale , dementia , scale (ratio) , geriatrics , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , psychiatry , pathology , developmental psychology , psychology , physics , disease , quantum mechanics
Described is the development of a self‐rating geriatric behavioral scale modeled after the Sandoz Clinical Assessment‐Geriatric (SCAG). This new Self‐Assessment Scale‐Geriatric (SASG) provides a valid and reliable measure of behavioral pathologic changes for the selective screening of elderly patients who manifest mild to moderate symptoms of dementia. Further use and refinement of this new measuring device are required to confer on it the maximum possible accuracy.