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- Title
Prevalence and implications of psychopathological non-cognitive symptoms in dementia.
- Authors
Saz, P.; López‐Antón, R.; Dewey, M. E.; Ventura, T.; Martín, A.; Marcos, G.; De La Cámara, C.; Quintanilla, M. A.; Quetglas, B.; Bel, M.; Barrera, A.; Lobo, A.
- Abstract
Objective: Clinical experience and recent population studies suggest that psychopathological, non-cognitive symptoms are both frequent and relevant in dementia. Method: A representative community sample ( n = 4,803 individuals, 55 + years) was interviewed in a two-phase design. The Geriatric Mental Sate (GMS) was used for assessment and cases were diagnosed according to DSM-IV-TR criteria. Results: The prevalence of non-cognitive symptoms (1 + symptoms) in cases of dementia ( n = 223) was 90.1%, and negative-type symptoms were most frequently found. A GMS ‘apathy-related symptom cluster’ (anergia, restriction of activities and anhedonia) was significantly more frequent in the demented (55.6%) than in non-cases (0.7%; specificity = 99.2%). In both dementia of Alzheimer’s type and vascular dementia, number of symptoms tended to be inversely related to severity of dementia, but psychopathological profiles differed. Conclusion: Non-cognitive, negative-type symptoms are very frequent in cases of dementia living in the community. They have powerful specificity in the distinction with non-cases, and might change current concepts of dementia.
- Subjects
DEMENTIA; MENTAL health; PSYCHOSES; NEUROBEHAVIORAL disorders; ANHEDONIA
- Publication
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 2009, Vol 119, Issue 2, p107
- ISSN
0001-690X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01280.x