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| Natural history of hyperphagia and other eating changes in dementia | | Author(s) | Janet Keene, Tony Hope |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 10, October 1998 |
| Pages | pp 700-706 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Nutrition ; Food ; Family care. |
| Annotation | Various forms of increased eating are commonly found at some stage in the course of dementia. Data from two studies were used to investigate the natural history of over-eating (hyperphagia) and its elements during the course of dementia. Hyperphagia and associated eating changes were investigated as part of a larger prospective 10-year study into behaviour changes, using carers' reports (study 1), and an observational study to investigate hyperphagia quantitatively took place over the course of a year by means of direct observation of test meals in a normal environment (study 2). Results from study revealed that severe or persistent hyperphagia was reported in 23% of the sample and carers reported a clear onset to hyperphagia with a median duration of 16 months. Results from study 2 showed that each person who was hyperphagic was seen to maintain a constant eating rate in test meals during the course of a year but meals ended earlier as hyperphagia decreased. The study concluded that hyperphagia is common in dementia, it occurs over a single restricted period, mainly during the middle stages of dementia, and is not significantly related to age, sex, diagnosis, medication, or activity. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981109413 A |
| Classmark | EA: CF: YP: P6:SJ |
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