The Aggressive Behavior Scale: A New Scale to Measure Aggression Based on the Minimum Data Set

Abstract

The ABS provides a useful measure of the severity of aggressive behavior that can be used for care planning, quality measurement, and research.

Elevated Hospitalization Risk of Assisted Living Residents With Dementia in Alberta, Canada

“…Residents' functional and health characteristics were captured by validated scales derived from assessment items on the interRAI tools, including the: Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) 51 ; Activities of Daily Living Self-Performance Hierarchy Scale 52 ; Depression Rating Scale 53 ; Changes in Health, End-Stage Disease and Symptoms and Signs Scale (for health instability) 54 ; and, Aggressive Behavior Scale. 55 Higher scores on all scales indicate more severe impairment. Comorbidity was measured by the sum of recorded diagnoses on the interRAI instruments.…”

Social Relationships and Activities Among Married Psychiatric Inpatients with Sexual Difficulties

“…More recently, Hirdes et al (2008) provided an excellent review of the reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments on the basis of a 12-country study. In particular, this study showed an overall mean kappa value of .75 for the 161 items common to the instruments, and values from .63 to .73 for the items unique to each instrument.…”

Utilisation des services d’aide et de soins à domicile pour les personnes âgées en situations complexes : comparaison entre trois types de coordination gérontologique

“…Un algorithme définit sept classes de 0 (indépendant) à 6 (déficiences très sévères) ; échelle de dépression (Depression Rating Scale) [18] ; échelle des troubles du comportement (Aggressive Behaviour Scale) [19] ; échelle de qualité de vie perçue European Quality of Life (EuroQol) [20].…”