Behavioral Problems in Dementia: A Factor Analysis of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive DisordersPublished 1 January 2003
Pauline Aalten, Marjolein de Vugt, Richel Lousberg, E. C. C. M. Korten, Niek Jaspers, Birgit Senden
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The aim of this study was to detect behavioral subsyndromes of the 12-item Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) in patients with dementia living in the community, and found the presence of mood/apathy, psychosis, and hyperactivity.
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The aim of this study was to detect behavioral subsyndromes of the 12-item Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Cross-sectional data of 199 patients with dementia living in the community were collected. Principal component analysis (with Varimax rotation) was used for factor analysis. Results showed the presence of three behavioral subsyndromes: mood/apathy, psychosis, and hyperactivity. Anxiety was regarded as a separate symptom. The subsyndrome mood/apathy was the most common, occurring in almost 80% of the patients, versus psychosis and hyperactivity, which occurred in 37 and 60% of the patients, respectively.
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