Neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia and elderly people in the community: results from the Beijing Dementia Cooperative Study / 中华流行病学杂志
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
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(12): 829-832, 2004.
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en Chino
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ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To determine the prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia and normal elderly people living in the Chinese community of Beijing.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>A cross-sectional study derived from the Beijing Dementia Cooperative Study was carried out a population survey was carried out on a total of 1540 participants aged 65 years and older living in Beijing city and rural areas. All the individuals and 373 demented elderly people completed a series of neuropsychological examination and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI).</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Among the dementia participants, 49.33% had exhibited neuropsychiatric symptoms (35.66% rated as clinically significant), in which 80.4% reported 2 or more disturbances, with depression (23.86%), apathy (21.72%) and anxiety (20.38%) being most common. Of the 1540 normal individuals, 18.25% of them exhibited neuropsychiatric symptoms (6.49% rated as clinically significant), in which 53% reported 2 or more disturbances, with sleepless (10%), depression (8.9%) and anxiety (6.97%) being the most common.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>To our knowledge, this was the first multi-center study on neuropsychiatric disturbances in dementia and cognitive normal elderly people. Neuropsychiatric symptoms occurred mainly in persons with dementia and of clinical severity. Though the neuropsychiatric disturbances reported in cognitive normal individuals were lower and less serious compared to dementia, they should not be neglected. These finding suggested that a screening programme focusing on identifying these symptoms should be included in the physician's diagnostic tools for dementia.</p>
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Asunto principal:
Ansiedad
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Psicología
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China
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Epidemiología
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Prevalencia
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Estudios Transversales
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Demencia
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Depresión
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Trastornos del Inicio y del Mantenimiento del Sueño
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Pruebas Neuropsicológicas
Tipo de estudio:
Ensayo Clínico Controlado
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Estudio diagnóstico
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
Límite:
Anciano
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Aged80
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
Chino
Revista:
Chinese Journal of Epidemiology
Año:
2004
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