PMID- 24496852 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150406 LR - 20211021 IS - 1557-0657 (Electronic) IS - 1049-8931 (Print) IS - 1049-8931 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Mar TI - Instruments to measure behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. PG - 69-98 LID - 10.1002/mpr.1414 [doi] AB - Reliable and valid measurement of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) is important for research and clinical practice. Here we provide an overview of the different instruments and discuss issues involved in the choice of the most appropriate instrument to measure BPSD in research. A list of BPSD instruments was generated. For each instrument Pubmed and SCOPUS were searched for articles that reported on their use or quality. Eighty-three instruments that are used to measure BPSD were identified. Instruments differ in length and detail, whether the interview is with participants, informants or by observation, the target sample and the time frames for use. Reliability and validity is generally good, but reported in few independent samples. When choosing a BPSD instrument for research the research question should be carefully scrutinised and the symptoms of interest, population, quality, detail, time frame and practical issues should be considered. CI - Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. FAU - van der Linde, Rianne M AU - van der Linde RM AD - Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. FAU - Stephan, Blossom C M AU - Stephan BC FAU - Dening, Tom AU - Dening T FAU - Brayne, Carol AU - Brayne C LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140205 PL - United States TA - Int J Methods Psychiatr Res JT - International journal of methods in psychiatric research JID - 9111433 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Aged, 80 and over MH - Aggression/physiology MH - Apathy/physiology MH - Dementia/*complications/*psychology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mental Disorders/*diagnosis/*etiology MH - Personality Inventory MH - Psychiatric Status Rating Scales MH - Reproducibility of Results MH - *Weights and Measures PMC - PMC6878288 OTO - NOTNLM OT - assessment scales OT - behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia OT - dementia EDAT- 2014/02/06 06:00 MHDA- 2015/04/07 06:00 PMCR- 2014/02/05 CRDT- 2014/02/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/04/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/10/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/11/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/02/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/02/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/04/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/02/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - MPR1414 [pii] AID - 10.1002/mpr.1414 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Methods Psychiatr Res. 2014 Mar;23(1):69-98. doi: 10.1002/mpr.1414. Epub 2014 Feb 5.