Neuropsychiatric symptoms and subsyndromes in patients with different stages of dementia in primary care follow-up (NeDEM project): a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective was to describe the prevalence and intensity of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) isolated and grouped into subsyndromes in patients with dementia in primary care (PC) to analyse their distribution based on stages of dementia and the relationship between them and the intensity of symptoms.

Methods

Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting and population

Patients with dementia, not institutionalized, in a PC follow-up.

Variables

Sociodemographic and clinical variables. Assessment instruments: The frequency and intensity of NPSs were measured with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), and the stages of dementia with the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS).

Statistical analysis

The number of NPSs per patient, the mean NPI value, and the pr

SUBMITTER: Garcia-Martin V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8783993 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature