PMID- 32286161 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220617 LR - 20220707 IS - 1545-2301 (Electronic) IS - 0731-7115 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 4 DP - 2022 Jul-Sep TI - Feasibility of the Cognitive Model for Behavioral Interventions in Older Adults with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia. PG - 903-914 LID - 10.1080/07317115.2020.1740904 [doi] AB - Objectives: The purpose of this study was to develop an individually tailored, non-pharmacological treatment model, the Cognitive Model for Behavioral Interventions (CoMBI), for patients with Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) and comorbid maladaptive personality traits (CMPT), and to explore its feasibility and effectiveness.Methods: CoMBI was developed and implemented in two geriatric psychiatric inpatient wards in the Netherlands. In this single-group pretest-posttest, feasibility study, 40 patients with BPSD and CMPT (M = 73.8, SD = 8.5) were treated with CoMBI. BPSD and CMPT were assessed using informant-based questionnaires. Wilcoxon signed-rank tests and effect size calculations were conducted to determine differences.Results: Wilcoxon signed-rank tests demonstrated a significant decrease of BPSD with medium (r = 0.45) to large (r = 0.56) effect sizes. CoMBI demonstrated high acceptability and compliance by health-care professionals and family members.Conclusions: CoMBI is a feasible treatment model for challenging behavior in patients with BPSD and CMPT. CoMBI is associated with a significant decrease in challenging behaviors regardless of etiology.Clinical implications: Focusing on personality and associated core needs could have a key role in the non-pharmacological treatment of the elderly with BPSD. FAU - Ekiz, Erol AU - Ekiz E AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7143-5157 AD - PersonaCura, Clinical Center of Excellence for Personality Disorders and Autism in Older Adults, GGz Breburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands. AD - Tranzo Department, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. FAU - Videler, Arjan C AU - Videler AC AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2175-3453 AD - PersonaCura, Clinical Center of Excellence for Personality Disorders and Autism in Older Adults, GGz Breburg, Tilburg, The Netherlands. AD - Tranzo Department, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. FAU - van Alphen, Sebastiaan P J AU - van Alphen SPJ AD - Clinical Center of Excellence for Personality Disorders in Older Adults, Mondriaan Hospital, Heerlen-Maastricht, The Netherlands. AD - Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands. AD - Department of Clinical and Lifespan Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200414 PL - United States TA - Clin Gerontol JT - Clinical gerontologist JID - 8300869 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Cognition MH - *Cognitive Behavioral Therapy MH - *Dementia/psychology MH - Feasibility Studies MH - Humans MH - Personality OTO - NOTNLM OT - CoMBI OT - behavioral therapyI OT - bpsd OT - caregiver OT - dementia OT - disruptive behavior OT - neurocognitive disorders OT - non-pharmacological intervention OT - older adults OT - personality EDAT- 2020/04/15 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/18 06:00 CRDT- 2020/04/15 06:00 PHST- 2020/04/15 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/04/15 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/07317115.2020.1740904 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Clin Gerontol. 2022 Jul-Sep;45(4):903-914. doi: 10.1080/07317115.2020.1740904. Epub 2020 Apr 14.