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| Wandering behaviour in community-residing persons with dementia | | Author(s) | Diane A Klein, Martin Steinberg, Elizabeth Galik |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 4, April 1999 |
| Pages | pp 272-279 |
| Keywords | Wandering ; Dementia ; Living in the community ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The relationship between wandering and the psychopathology of dementia patients remains relatively unexplored. In this US study of 638 community-dwelling people with dementia, the authors investigated the frequency and cross-sectional correlates of wandering behaviour. Wandering behaviour occurred in 17.4% of participants. It was significantly more prevalent in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), those with dementia of longer duration, and those with more severe dementia. Wandering behaviour was associated with moderate to severe depression, delusions, hallucinations, and sleep disorder. Other significant associations of wandering behaviour included use of neuroleptic medication and male gender. After statistical adjustment for other variables, duration and severity of dementia, and presence of sleep disorder retained significant statistical association with wandering behaviour. Further investigation is warranted into the relationship between neuroleptic medication and wandering behaviour, and into possible alternative measures to control agitation in older dementia patients. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825248 A |
| Classmark | EPC: EA: K4: 3KB: 7T |
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