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Neuropsychiatric problem in Parkinson's disease
— comparisons between self and caregiver report | | Author(s) | Audrey McKinlay, Randolph C Grace, John C Dalrymple-Alford |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 5, September 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp 647-653 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Parkinson's disease ; Depression ; Anxiety ; Apathy ; Informal care ; Evaluation ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | The level of agreement between caregiver and Parkinson's disease (PD) patient reports of neuropsychiatric patients was examined. Participants were 43 patients and 43 informants who knew the patient well (caregivers) in the Canterbury area of New Zealand. Caregivers rated patients' behaviour as well as their own stress, using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Information was obtained from patients by means of commonly used scales: Beck Depression Inventory, Apathy Scale, Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, and the Hamilton Anxiety Depression Scale. Both patients and caregivers also completed the Frontal Systems Behaviour Scale, which assesses behaviours associated with apathy, disinhibition and executive dysfunction. The level of agreement between these self and caregiver reports was low, with only 45.8% agreement for depression , 45% for apathy, 286% for hallucinations, 26.9% for sleep problems and 6.7% for anxiety. Given this low level of agreement, these two methods of assessment cannot be considered interchangeable. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081124242 A |
| Classmark | CR6: ENR: ENP: EPA: P6: 4C: 7YN |
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