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| Conceptualization and measurement of getting lost behaviour in persons with early dementia | | Author(s) | Yi-Chen Chiu, Donna Algase, Jersey Liang |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 8, August 2005 |
| Pages | pp 760-768 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Layout ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Chinese language ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | Preliminary research describes the psychometric properties of a newly-developed Everyday Spatial Questionnaire for Dementia - patient version (ESQD-P) for a Chinese population. The ESQD-P is a measure for the phenomenon of "getting lost behaviour" (GLB) reported by early Alzheimer's disease sufferers, based on the concept of spatial problem solving. The ESQD-P was validated with 116 outpatients in the memory disorder clinic of a veterans' general hospital in Taiwan. Other assessments used were the Cognitive Abilities Screen Instrument (for global cognition), the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (stages of dementia), and the Geriatric Depression Scale- short Form (GDS). Findings indicate the Chinese ESQD-P to be a reliable instrument for measuring GLB, which in itself may be described in part by declining executive functions. Deleting the coping strategies sub-scales may improve psychometric properties of the ESQD-P. ((RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050906218 A |
| Classmark | EA: DB: 5D6: DA:4C: 6WS: 7DP |
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