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| Natural history of aggressive behaviour in dementia | | Author(s) | Janet Keene, Tony Hope, Christopher G Fairburn |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 7, July 1999 |
| Pages | pp 541-548 |
| Keywords | Aggression ; Dementia ; Living in the community ; Informal care ; Longitudinal surveys ; Oxfordshire. |
| Annotation | 99 people with dementia - Alzheimer's disease (AD) and/or vascular dementia - who were living at home with a carer in Oxfordshire were the subjects of this 10-year, longitudinal study analysing changes in aggressive behaviour throughout the course of dementia (with autopsy follow-up). At 4-monthly intervals, carers were interviewed about their subjects, and the subjects were assessed cognitively. Subjects' behaviour was assessed using the Present Behavioural Examination. This is an investigator-based, semi-structured interview consisting of eight main sections monitoring behavioural and psychological change. Eight different aspects of aggressive behaviour were assessed in detail and comparison made with other relevant factors. Verbal aggression is the most common and longest lasting form of aggressive behaviour. Aggressive resistance and physical aggression are most likely to persist until death. Intimate care is the main factor precipitating aggressive behaviour, and this clearly creates problems for carers. There are no correlations between any type of aggressive behaviour and age, gender or time since onset of dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825277 A |
| Classmark | EPB: EA: K4: P6: 3J: 8O |
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