THE USEFULNESS OF THE PROGNOSTIC SCALE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF LONGEVITY SUBACUTE POST-PSYCHOTIC ANXIETY STATES IN PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIAS OF VARIOUS TYPES
This study was the trial of the special instrument known as The Prognostic Assessment Scale of probable Term of the Onset of Remission (PASTOR). This tool was designed by the authors in 2016 and explored as an additional tool for the assessment of the duration of psychotic and sub-psychotic stages of the exacerbation in old patients with dementia of various types. 88 men and 54 women, all of them were in-patients were included in the study. They were observed in acute psychosis, within the sub-psychotic stage and remission. Results: There was found out that PASTOR was useful and convenient prognostic instrument. It had good internal consistency and the significant predicting ability. The prognoses were exact in more than 80% of cases. In addition, the low total scores had being indicated about the insufficiency of the therapeutic measures. Conclusion: The assessment with PASTOR gives the possibility of therapeutic predicting and to individual adjusting the antipsychotic pharmacotherapy.