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| Psychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia treated in a psychogeriatric day hospital | | Author(s) | Alf Johansson, Lars Gustafson |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 4, Winter 1996 |
| Pages | pp 645-657 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Mental disorder ; Evaluation ; Drugs ; Day patients ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Sixty-five consecutive patients with dementia, treated at a psychogeriatric day hospital in Sweden, were studied regarding prevalence of psychiatric symptoms. The clinical diagnoses were dementia of the Alzheimer type (19), vascular dementia (27), mixed Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia (13), vascular dementia of frontal type (2), and other diseases (4). Mean age at referral was 74.3 years in men and 76 years in women. The mean treatment time was 22 months for men and 19 months for women. About 90% of the patients showed one or several significant psychiatric symptoms during the course of dementia. Most common were delirious episodes, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and depressed mood. The relationship between clinical features and the type and duration of dementia was analysed. Sleep disturbances and depressed mood often appeared early, whereas misidentification and delusions became more prevalent later in the course of dementia. The results suggest that the psychogeriatric day hospital may offer effective and flexible care and support to persons with dementia living at home. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980303286 A |
| Classmark | EA: E: 4C: LLD: LFC: 76P |
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