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| Behaviour changes in dementia 2: are there behavioural syndromes? | | Author(s) | Tony Hope, Janet Keene, Christopher Fairburn |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 11, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1074-1078 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Evaluation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Oxfordshire. |
| Annotation | This longitudinal study of 97 older people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease (AD) or vascular dementia and living at home with a carer in Oxfordshire, aimed to establish whether robust behavioural "syndromes" can be identified from among the widely heterogeneous behavioural changes which occur in dementia. Each subject's behaviour was assessed in detail using the Present Behavioural Examination (PBE) at the outset and at 4- and 8-month follow-ups, to assess subjects' behaviour over the previous 4 weeks. 17 key behaviour items which were both common and clinically important were selected for further analysis. Three syndromes were identified: overactivity (walking more, walking aimlessly, trailing the carer or checking where the carer was); aggressive behaviour (physical aggression, aggressive resistance, verbal aggression); psychosis (anxiety, persecutory ideas and hallucinations). The same syndromes were found using data collected at three different time points, and by using a variety of statistical techniques, confirming their robustness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981001214 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: 4C: 3J: 8O |
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