Ruth O'Hara

Publication Details

• Underreporting of behavioral problems in older hospitalized patients.

  Davies HD, O'Hara R, Mumenthaler MS, Cassidy EL, Buffum M, Kim JM, Danielsen CE, Noda A, Kraemer HC, Sheikh JI. Gerontologist. 2005; 45 (4): 535-8

  This descriptive study examined reports of behavioral problems among older patients hospitalized in acute care medical settings. Greater numbers of behavioral problems were reported by nursing staff on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire than were documented in medical charts over the same time period. Such underreporting may have clinical and administrative implications.

  PubMedID: 16051916