Biomedical subjects

P M Dingemans

Publications and source records attributed to P M Dingemans.

4 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1990

ICD-9-CM classification coding in psychiatry.

The question was addressed how well mental health professionals were able to translate diagnostic formulations into ICD-9-CM codes. This was done with three coder groups and under two conditions. It was found that there was insufficient interrater agreement on the ICD-codes in all groups and conditions. This finding then was related to the inadequacies of the ICD-system itself. It was concluded that current mental health statistics that are based on the ICD-9-CM coding system are without scientific value.

Cross-Cultural Comparison↗

PubMed1990

The Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Nurses' Observation Scale for Inpatient Evaluation (NOSIE) in the evaluation of positive and negative symptoms.

Positive and negative a priori symptom scales were operationalized with the BPRS and the NOSIE. Acutely and consecutively admitted psychiatric patients (N = 247) were rated with these scales. Research questions dealt with the psychometric properties of the scales. It was found that the positive symptom scales had sufficient internal consistency; the negative scales did not. Diagnostic groups could be distinguished better with the positive symptom (PS) than with the negative symptom (NS) scales. The outcome of this research suggests that the positive and negative symptoms distinction is less meaningful in cross-sectional research, in which acute patients are rated, than in longitudinal research.

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PubMed1986

A cross-cultural study of the factorial dimensions of the NOSIE: a follow-up note.

The factor structure and its invariance of the Nurses' Observation Scale for Inpatient evaluation (NOSIE) were investigated in a Dutch psycho-geriatric population (N = 247) and compared with those of a short stay psychiatric population (N = 177). The previously found factor structure in the psychiatric population was replicated in this study and suggests, although not conclusively, a cross-cultural difference.

Cross-Cultural Comparison↗

PubMed1985

[Psychogeriatrics in Great Britain--report of the Nottingham course 1984].

The British Council's Course 'Psychogeriatrics' at the University of Nottingham reflects the state and development of the internationally acknowledged psychiatry of old age in Britain. This article describes the contents of the course in terms of epidemiology, organization, diagnosis and treatment, with special attention to aspects of education and research. It concludes with a remark on the identity of the subject, stating that psycho-geriatrics has its emphasis in training and research rather than being a medical subspecialty.

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