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| Behavioral and caregiver reaction of dementia as measured by the Neuropsychiatric Inventory in Nigerian community residents | | Author(s) | Olusegun Baiyewu, Valerie Smith-Gamble, Akinsola Akinbiyi |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 15, no 4, December 2003 |
| Pages | pp 399-410 |
| Source | www.springerpub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Nigeria. |
| Annotation | The Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) has been used to assess behavioural symptoms of dementia in the US, Taiwan, Japan and Italy. The authors evaluate use of the NPI for this purpose in a population of Yoruba Nigerians aged 65+, subjects in the Indianapolis-Ibadan Dementia Project. The NPI was translated, back translated and harmonised into Yoruba. Also used were the Blessed Dementia Scale and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). The harmonised version of the NPI showed good inter-rater and test-retest reliability. The MMSE correlated with the NPI total score and severity scores of delusion, hallucination, and agitation, whereas the Blessed correlated with the NPI total score and severity scores of depression, anxiety and nighttime behaviour. The NPI was found to be a reliable tool to assess behavioural symptoms and caregiver distress of dementia in the Yoruba. Behavioural disturbances were as common in the Yoruba patients with dementia as in studies in other countries that have used the NPI, but the pattern of behavioural disturbances and caregiver response varied between the countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040604203 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: DA:4C: 7MT |
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