Research Article
The Needs of Older People with Mental Health Problems: A Particular Focus on Dementia Patients and Their Carers
Table 3
Overall results of the instruments applied.
| Instruments | n = 75 | Mean (SD) | Median | Range |
| MMSE: n (%) | | | | | Total score | | 22.28 (6.45) | 25.00 | 5–30 | Without cognitive deficit | 36 (48.0) | | | | With cognitive deficit | 39 (52.0) | | | | Clock Draw Test: n (%) | | | | | Total Score | | 4.65 (3.40) | 4.00 | 0–10 | Normal | 23 (30.7) | | | | Abnormal | 50 (66.7) | | | | No response | 2 (2.7) | | | | GDS: n (%) | | | | | Total score | | 8.14 (4.32) | 9.00 | 0–15 | No depression | 28 (37.3) | | | | Depression | 46 (61.3) | | | | No response | 1 (1.3) | | | | Zung anxiety scale: n (%) | | | | | Total score | | 48.49 (8.41) | 49.00 | 25–69 | No anxiety | 13 (17.3) | | | | Anxiety | 61 (81.3) | | | | No response | 1 (1.3) | | | | Barthel index: n (%) | | | | | Total score | | 17.52 (3.68) | 19.00 | 3–20 | Total independence | 32 (42.7) | | | | Moderate dependence | 37 (49.3) | | | | Severe dependence | 3 (4.0) | | | | Total dependence | 3 (4.0) | | | | Lawton index: n (%) | | | | | Total score | | 13.41 (8.05) | 15.00 | 1–23 | Total independence | 17 (22.7) | | | | Some level of dependence | 58 (77.3) | | | |
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