PMID- 17665023
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080414
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 0004-282X (Print)
IS  - 0004-282X (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 2B
DP  - 2007 Jun
TI  - [Neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementias: preliminary report of a prospective 
      outpatient evaluation in Brazil].
PG  - 498-502
AB  - This study aimed to evaluate the behavioral and psychological symptoms in 
      dementia (BPSD) and to correlate the level of the functional dependence, 
      cognitive decline and neuropsychiatric symptoms in outpatients. In this 
      prospective study, 35 elderly with dementia (DSM-IV) were evaluated over the 
      course of one year with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Clinical 
      Dementia Rating Scale (CDR), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) and Functional 
      Activities Questionnaire (FAQ). Spearman correlation was used to compare 
      cognitive, functional and behavioral symptoms in the first and last visits. The 
      psychotic versus non-psychotic subgroups were compared by means of cognitive and 
      functional performance. The Mann-Whitney test was used for the comparison. The 
      MMSE scores declined and the NPI scores showed better results at endpoint. 
      Prevalence of depressive symptoms was 58.8%, agitation 55.9%, and delusion 41.2%. 
      Significant correlations were found for functional and MMSE scores, years of 
      formal education and NPI, but not for duration of disease. Psychotic symptoms had 
      negative effects on daily activities of outpatients and were associated with 
      functional decline.
FAU - Vega, Ursula Maria
AU  - Vega UM
AD  - Instituto de Psiquiatria da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de 
      Janeiro RJ, Brasil. ursulavega@gmx.net
FAU - Marinho, Valeska
AU  - Marinho V
FAU - Engelhardt, Eliasz
AU  - Engelhardt E
FAU - Laks, Jerson
AU  - Laks J
LA  - por
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Sintomas neuropsiquiatricos nas demencias: relato preliminar de uma avaliacao 
      prospectiva em um ambulatorio do Brasil.
PL  - Germany
TA  - Arq Neuropsiquiatr
JT  - Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria
JID - 0125444
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Dementia/complications/*psychology
MH  - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Status Schedule
MH  - Neuropsychological Tests
MH  - Outpatients
MH  - Prospective Studies
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
EDAT- 2007/08/01 09:00
MHDA- 2008/04/15 09:00
CRDT- 2007/08/01 09:00
PHST- 2006/09/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/02/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/08/01 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/04/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/08/01 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0004-282X2007000300026 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/s0004-282x2007000300026 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2007 Jun;65(2B):498-502. doi: 
      10.1590/s0004-282x2007000300026.