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| Behaviour changes in dementia 1: point of entry data of a prospective study | | Author(s) | Tony Hope, Janet Keene, Kathy Gedling |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 11, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1062-1073 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Oxfordshire. |
| Annotation | This article analyses behaviour changes in 97 people with dementia (Alzheimer's disease and/or vascular dementia) living at home with a carer in Oxfordshire, at the point of entry to a longitudinal study. At 4-monthly intervals, the carers were interviewed. Subjects' behaviour was assessed cognitively using the Present Behaviour Examination (PBE), an investigator-based, semi-structured interview consisting of eight main sections covering many different aspects of behaviour. The 121 main questions, with 66 further `nested' questions, have been shown to have high reliability. This article analyses the types of behaviour change reported by carers and the point of entry to this long-term study. Few correlations were found between behaviour and age, gender and time since onset of dementia. Some types of behaviour were significantly more prevalent in those with greater cognitive impairment. Many of these changes create problems for carers, for example increased aggressive behaviour, wandering, wakefulness at night, incontinence, and persecutory ideas. In general, they are more prevalent in people with more severe dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981001213 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: 4C: 3J: 8O |
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