PMID- 12211130
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021016
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0885-6230 (Print)
IS  - 0885-6230 (Linking)
VI  - 17
IP  - 8
DP  - 2002 Aug
TI  - A study of premorbid personality and behavioural and psychological symptoms of 
      dementia in nursing home residents.
PG  - 779-83
AB  - OBJECTIVE: to investigate the relationship between pre-morbid personality and 
      behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). METHODS: we studied 58 
      subjects with dementia and depression and/or psychosis residing in 11 Sydney 
      nursing homes cross-sectionally. Informal caregivers completed ratings of 
      residents' pre-morbid personality on the NEP Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). 
      Information on BPSD was obtained using the BEHAVE-AD. RESULTS: higher neuroticism 
      was predictive of delusions; higher agreeableness of hallucinations, 
      aggressiveness, affective disturbance and overall behavioural disturbance; and 
      higher openness of affective disorder. CONCLUSION: our findings are inconsistent 
      with previous research and clinical experience. Prospective studies are needed to 
      clarify the association between personality and behavioural disturbance in 
      dementia.
CI  - Copyright 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
FAU - Low, Lee-Fay
AU  - Low LF
AD  - Academic Department for Old Age Psychiatry, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, 
      NSW, Australia.
FAU - Brodaty, Henry
AU  - Brodaty H
FAU - Draper, Brian
AU  - Draper B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
JT  - International journal of geriatric psychiatry
JID - 8710629
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Aged, 80 and over
MH  - Dementia/*epidemiology/*psychology
MH  - Factor Analysis, Statistical
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - *Nursing Homes
MH  - Personality Assessment
MH  - Personality Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Psychotic Disorders/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2002/09/05 10:00
MHDA- 2002/10/17 04:00
CRDT- 2002/09/05 10:00
PHST- 2002/09/05 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/10/17 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/09/05 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1002/gps.697 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002 Aug;17(8):779-83. doi: 10.1002/gps.697.