Life events: the reliability of rating changes in routine and environment

• DOI: 10.1007/bf00782885
• Publication Date: 2004-12-10T12:22:31Z
• Authors: M. W. Orrell; K. Bergman; N. Elton; J. O'Brien; P. E. Bebbington
• Keywords: Male; Psychometrics; Personality Assessment; Social Environment; Life Change Events; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Activities of Daily Living; Humans; Dementia; Female; Aged

Alterations in routine and environment can affect clinical state in patients suffering from cognitive impairment. A method for rating life events for changes in routine and environment is described and found to be highly reliable even when used by inexperienced raters after brief training.