PMID- 29213374
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 1980-5764 (Print)
IS  - 1980-5764 (Linking)
VI  - 1
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Jan-Mar
TI  - Reports by caregivers of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
PG  - 97-103
LID - 10.1590/S1980-57642008DN10100015 [doi]
AB  - Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) are relevant since they 
      are frequent and cause distress to caregivers. However, they may not be reported 
      by physicians due to the priority usually attributed to cognitive symptoms. 
      OBJECTIVES: To verify whether BPSD is being systematically investigated by 
      physicians even in specialized settings and whether their records on medical 
      files are accurate. METHODS: Assessment of records on medical files of BPSD 
      reported by caregivers to 182 patients (57.1% men, mean age 67.6+/-13.5 years) 
      assisted in a tertiary-care behavioral neurology outpatient clinic (BNOC) who 
      also had appointments in other clinics of the same hospital. Alzheimer's disease 
      (37.9%) and vascular disease (19.2%) were the most frequent causes of dementia. 
      RESULTS: Report/appointment ratios were 0.58 in BNOC, 0.43 in other neurological, 
      0.93 in psychiatric and 0.20 in non-neurological, non-psychiatric clinics. BPSD 
      most frequently recorded in BNOC were insomnia, aggressiveness, 
      agitation/hyperactivity, visual hallucinations, apathy, inadequate behavior and 
      ease of crying. Sorted by psychiatrists, categories associated to more BPSD were 
      affect/mood, thought and personality/behavior. affect/mood and sensoperception 
      symptoms were the most frequently reported. Sorted according to Neuropsychiatric 
      Inventory (NPI), categories associated to more BPSD were depression/dysphoria, 
      delusion and apathy/indifference. depression/dysphoria and agitation/ aggression 
      symptoms were the most frequently reported. CONCLUSIONS: BPSD reported by 
      caregivers were very diverse and were not systematically investigated by 
      physicians. Notes in medical files often contained non-technical terms.
FAU - do Vale, Francisco de Assis Carvalho
AU  - do Vale FAC
AD  - Neurologist, Behavioral Neurology Group, Clinics Hospital of the Ribeirao Preto 
      Faculty of Medicine.
FAU - Guarnieri, Ricardo
AU  - Guarnieri R
AD  - Psychiatrist, Behavioral Neurology Group, Clinics Hospital of the Ribeirao Preto 
      Faculty of Medicine.
FAU - Liboni, Marcos
AU  - Liboni M
AD  - Psychiatrist, Behavioral Neurology Group, Clinics Hospital of the Ribeirao Preto 
      Faculty of Medicine.
FAU - Balieiro, Ari Pedro Jr
AU  - Balieiro AP Jr
AD  - Psychologist, Behavioral Neurology Group, Clinics Hospital of the Ribeirao Preto 
      Faculty of Medicine.
FAU - Silva-Filho, Jose Humberto
AU  - Silva-Filho JH
AD  - Psychologist, Behavioral Neurology Group, Clinics Hospital of the Ribeirao Preto 
      Faculty of Medicine.
FAU - de Miranda, Stenio Jose Correia
AU  - de Miranda SJC
AD  - Neurologist, Behavioral Neurology Group, Clinics Hospital of the Ribeirao Preto 
      Faculty of Medicine.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Brazil
TA  - Dement Neuropsychol
JT  - Dementia & neuropsychologia
JID - 101506587
PMC - PMC5619390
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - BPSD
OT  - behavioral symptoms
OT  - caregiver
OT  - dementia
OT  - mood disorders
OT  - personality disorders
OT  - psychotic disorders
EDAT- 2007/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2007/01/01 00:01
PMCR- 2007/01/01
CRDT- 2017/12/08 06:00
PHST- 2017/12/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2007/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2007/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1590/S1980-57642008DN10100015 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Dement Neuropsychol. 2007 Jan-Mar;1(1):97-103. doi: 
      10.1590/S1980-57642008DN10100015.