Anthony K, Procter A W, Silverman A M, Murphy E
Community Team for Mental Health in the Elderly, Hither Green Hospital, London.
Age Ageing. 1987 Nov;16(6):355-65. doi: 10.1093/ageing/16.6.355.
A prospective case-controlled study was carried out to evaluate the effect of an enforced move of elderly dementia sufferers from a large psychiatric hospital to smaller units in two general district hospitals. Changes in behaviour and nursing dependency, and mortality rate were used as outcome variables. The main finding was that a large proportion of the sample showed significant depressive behaviour following transfer. A significant degree of disturbed behaviour and disorientation remained 3 months after the move. There was some increase in the mortality rate of the group transferred relative to a comparison group but this did not reach statistical significance.
开展了一项前瞻性病例对照研究，以评估将老年痴呆症患者从一家大型精神病医院强制转移到两家普通地区医院的较小病房的效果。将行为和护理依赖的变化以及死亡率用作结果变量。主要发现是，很大一部分样本在转移后出现了明显的抑郁行为。转移3个月后，仍存在严重程度的行为紊乱和定向障碍。与对照组相比，转移组的死亡率有所上升，但未达到统计学显著性。
