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Behavioural disturbances in psychiatric inpatients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type in Taiwan
Author(s)Jen-Ping Hwang, Cheng-Hung Yang, Shih-Jen Tsai
Journal titleInternational Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 9, September 1997
Pagespp 902-906
KeywordsDementia ; Behaviour disorders ; In-patients ; Taiwan.
AnnotationThis report studied behavioural disturbances in psychiatric inpatients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) in Taiwan. The sample consisted of 75 inpatients with DAT who were consecutively admitted to the gero-psychiatric ward. Their behavioural disturbances were obtained from semi-structured interviews with families and ward observation. There were eight main behavioural disturbances; getting lost; repetitive phenomena; sleep disturbance; aggression; wandering; hyperphagia (over-eating); hoarding behaviour; and inappropriate sexual behaviour. The number of behavioural disturbances, wandering, hyperphagia and sleep disturbance were significantly associated with the severity of cognitive impairment. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-980827264 A
ClassmarkEA: EP: LF7: 7DP

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