A PROFILE OF MOOD IN AMBULATORY NURSING-HOME RESIDENTS

This study examined mood in 54 ambulatory nursing home residents. Fema le subjects reported significantly lower scores on the Anger-Hostility subscale than either men or normative subjects. Women also scored low er than normative subjects on the Vigor-Activity and Confusion-Bewilde rment subscales, whereas men scored lower on the Fatigue-Inertia subsc ale. Both men and women reported below norm scores for the Tension-Anx iety subscale. Further study is needed to identify sociological factor s that may explain diminished expression of mood in this vulnerable po pulation, and to compare these findings with the mood profile of commu nity dwelling elders. Copyright (C) 1994 by W.B. Saunders Company