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Incidence and relationship between behavioural and psychological symptoms in Alzheimer's disease
Author(s)	Iwona Kloszewska
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 11, November 1998
Pages	pp 785-792
Keywords	Dementia ; Psychoses ; Affective disorders ; Behaviour disorders ; Patients ; Poland.
Annotation	The frequency and type of psychological and behavioural symptoms in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients in Poland, in various stages of the disease, were evaluated in this study. A total of 169 patients with a diagnosis of probable AD in Global Deterioration (GDS) stages 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 of dementia were examined. Results showed that behavioural and psychotic symptoms were most often found in GDS stages 5 and 6 of AD, except for depressive disorder, which was observed most frequently in GDS stage 4 and whose frequency decreased towards the terminal stages of dementia. From an analysis of the relationship between behavioural symptoms on the Polish AD patients, the following syndromes may be discriminated: psychotic syndrome (delusions and hallucinations), delusions with aggressive behaviour and hallucinations and anxiety. With more severe dementia, the syndromes, which could be the result of delirium, became more common. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-981120416 A
Classmark	EA: EL: ELA: EP: LF: 7AE
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