The Crichton Visual Analogue Scale for the assessment of behaviour in the elderly

Morrison, Denis

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb00948.x

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“…Therefore, we used VAS which could be completed in a short period of time, as the only requirement is to place a mark on the 100 mm bar. 11 Inter-rater reliability (r ¼ 0.74, p < 0.05) and test-retest reliability (r ¼ 0.82, p < 0.05) of VAS had been already confirmed. 5 For VAS, we assessed ten items of QOL, and the rate of available answers was as much as 92.8% (¼ 72þ70/83þ70) in the elderly, including HD patients and healthy participants.…”

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Psychosocial quality of life of elderly hemodialysis patients using visual analog scale: Comparison with healthy elderly in Japan

Kanamori

Yanagita

Nagai

et al. 2011

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

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a b s t r a c tBackground: The number of elderly hemodialysis (HD) patients is increasing in Japan, and the psychosocial impact of HD to the elderly remains unclear. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate quality of life (QOL) of elderly patients undergoing regular HD. Methods: We examined the psychosocial status in elderly HD patients and compared it with that in healthy elderly individuals. The correlations between each item of QOL, laboratory data and comorbidities were explored. This study cohort consisted of 142 people (70 healthy elderly participants and 72 elderly HD patients). We assessed 10 items of QOL, i.e., health condition, appetite, sleep, mood, memory, family relationship, friendship, economical status, satisfaction in daily life, and happiness by visual analog scale (VAS). Results: Overall, elderly HD patients had lower scores of VAS than healthy elderly participants, especially in sleep, mood, and happiness, but not in family relationship and friendship. Lower VAS scores for sleep were significantly correlated with the duration of HD therapy and the troubles in vascular access for HD. VAS scores for family relationship were also correlated with the duration of HD therapy. Conclusion: The QOL of elderly HD patients was poorer than that in healthy elderly individuals, particularly in sleep, mood and happiness. Further study is needed to improve the QOL of elderly HD patients. This is of great importance, since the number of elderly HD patients is estimated to escalate in the future.

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Psychosocial quality of life of elderly hemodialysis patients using visual analog scale: Comparison with healthy elderly in Japan

Kanamori

Yanagita

Nagai

et al. 2011

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

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“…Subjective QOL will be assessed using a 100-mm visual analogue scale (lowest QOL on the left end of the scale, and highest on the right) for the following five items: subjective sense of health; relationship with family; relationship with friends; financial state; and subjective happiness [31,32]. …”

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The postcard intervention against depression among community-dwelling older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Furukawa

Okumiya

Wada

et al. 2013

Trials

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BackgroundDepression in older adults deteriorates quality of life and increases morbidity, mortality, and medical expenses. Medicine and social policy should work together to decrease this burden. Existing prevention studies are often based on time-consuming psychotherapies, which therefore are not feasible for a wide application at the community level. Postcard interventions have been shown to be effective for patients after hospitalization for major depression, drug overdose, or self-harm. This paper describes the protocol of a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial designed to examine the efficacy of a postcard intervention for depression among community-dwelling individuals aged 65 years or older.Methods/DesignThis is a pragmatic, non-blinded, parallel comparison, randomized controlled trial using Zelen’s design in a community setting. Participants will include community-dwelling older adults (aged 65 years or older) with limited social support (indicated by eating meals alone) and with symptoms of depression (scoring 4 or higher on the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS)). The intervention will consist of sending postcards with handwritten messages and seasonal reports from a historical city to participants once a month for eight consecutive months. Self-addressed, stamped envelopes will be enclosed to facilitate non-obligatory replies. Primary outcomes will be changes in the GDS scores that are administered to all elderly inhabitants of the community every year as part of annual health checks. Secondary outcomes include quality of life as measured by a visual analogue scale, and self-rated basic and advanced activities of daily living. We will also examine the subjective sense of effectiveness of the intervention, recollection of the number of intervention mailings received, and the number of mailed replies as the index of the acceptability of the postcard intervention. The time × group interaction for two consecutive years will be analyzed using a generalized linear mixed model. To detect an effect size of 0.5 at alpha error of 0.05 and statistical power of 0.80, 63 participants per group are required. Based on an estimated consent and dropout rate of 70%, a total of 180 subjects will be recruited.Trial registrationUMIN000010529

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“…6-9 indicating ''mild depression,'' and 10 or more indicating ''severe depression.'' QOLs were assessed using a 100-mm visual analogue scale (lowest QOL on the left end of the scale, and highest on the right) of five items: subjective sense of health, relationship with family, relationship with friends, financial status, and subjective happiness (Matsubayashi et al 1997;Morrison 1983). …”

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confidence: 99%

The effects of socioeconomic globalization on health and aging in highlanders compared to lowlanders in Yunnan, China, and Kochi, Japan

Okumiya

Ishine

Kasahara

et al. 2010

Ecological Research

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In highland areas worldwide, socioeconomic globalization is progressing urbanization and environmental destruction. Urbanization is caused by socioeconomic globalization of development of transportation, movement or immigration of people, and prevailing market economy. Lifestyle-related diseases, such as diabetes and hypertension, are increasing worldwide with greater longevity and changes in lifestyles. Highland areas may also be affected by globalization and the people living there may be especially vulnerable. Our objective was to disclose the features of lifestyle-related diseases and the human aging phenomena of highland people affected by their increasingly urbanized lifestyles by undertaking a detailed geriatric assessment. Our assessment included firstly comparing the prevalence of hypertension and neurobehavioral functions in community-dwelling Tibetan elderly in Shangri-la, Yunnan, China (altitude 3,300 m) with Thai elderly in the city of Jing Hong, Yunnan, China (altitude 500 m) and Japanese in Tosa, Kochi, Japan (altitude 300 m). Secondly, differences in the prevalence of hypertension, obesity, and neurobehavioral function were analyzed between people in an urban area, Jiang Tang, and rural areas and in association with their economic status in Nish in Shangri-la. High prevalences of lifestyle-related diseases such as hypertension and obesity were shown in highlanders, especially those in an urban area. Geriatric functional ability was associated with economic status. Notwithstanding a higher prevalence of physical disorders and lowered functional abilities, a higher quantitative quality of life was found in Shangri-la than in Tosa. We concluded that highland-dwelling people were vulnerable and susceptible to lifestyle-related diseases resulting from socioeconomic globalization.

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The Crichton Visual Analogue Scale for the assessment of behaviour in the elderly

Cited by 56 publications

References 8 publications

Psychosocial quality of life of elderly hemodialysis patients using visual analog scale: Comparison with healthy elderly in Japan

Psychosocial quality of life of elderly hemodialysis patients using visual analog scale: Comparison with healthy elderly in Japan

The postcard intervention against depression among community-dwelling older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

The effects of socioeconomic globalization on health and aging in highlanders compared to lowlanders in Yunnan, China, and Kochi, Japan

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