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| Use of the Columbia University scale to assess psychopathology in Alzheimer's disease | | Author(s) | Davangere P Devanand |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 9, supplement 1, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 137-142 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Behaviour disorders ; Evaluation ; Family care ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Columbia University Scale for Psychopathology in Alzheimer's disease (CUSPAD) was developed as a short, semi-structured instrument that can be administered by a clinician or trained lay interviewer to the relatives or caregivers of patients with probable Alzheimer's disease. The components of the scale focus on symptoms of psychosis, behavioural disturbance, and depression. Use of this scale in a multi-centre longitudinal study of patients with mild to moderate AD revealed that agitation was the most common and persistent symptom, depressed mood with vegetative signs was the least common and least persistent, and paranoid delusions and hallucinations showed moderate persistence over time. Besides its established psychometric properties, the strengths of the CUSPAD include its brevity, clarity in assessing psychotic symptoms, and ease of administration. These features makes it useful for cross-sectional and longitudinal evaluation of the symptoms of psychopathology in AD. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981001235 A |
| Classmark | EA: EP: 4C: P6:SJ: 3J: 7T |
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