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Cluster Analysis of Symptoms in Elderly Demented Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

B. R. Ballinger ,
A. H. Reid  and
B. B. Heather
B. R. Ballinger
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Dundee
A. H. Reid
Affiliation:
Royal Dundee Liff Hospital
B. B. Heather
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Ninewells Hospital Dundee
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Summary

One hundred elderly patients with chronic organic brain syndromes were assessed by standard interviews, nursing ratings and from historical information. The data were subjected to cluster analysis and eight clusters were isolated. The significance of these clusters is discussed and other features of the patients reviewed.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 140 , Issue 3 , March 1982 , pp. 257 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1982 

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