Example sentences for: behavioral

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  • Additionally, as our multivariate analysis reveals, increased ratings on the NPI-Q were associated with lower scores on the MMSE, such that more cognitively impaired patients exhibited a greater quantity and/or severity of behavioral problems.

  • We also included brief measures of mental status and mood because prior research has suggested an association between these domains and the occurrence of behavioral problems in older adults in long-term care and other settings [ 21 22 23 24 ] . Thus, at admission, patients were also administered the MMSE and the GDS.

  • With such stressors and changes in environment, behavioral problems and/or cognitive impairment may occur [ 7 8 ] . Hospital staff and family members may be faced with a patient who was cooperative and attentive at home but is now increasingly combative [ 7 9 10 ] . Combative patients may require chemical or physical interventions and in-hospital psychiatric consultation.

  • The NPI-Q yields a total severity score, for the patient, which is the sum of the severity scores obtained for each behavioral category.

  • The literature suggests that older patients, in general, admitted to acute care units may be at increased risk for behavioral problems [ 2 3 4 5 ] . In a multisite investigation of acute care settings, Minnick et al.


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