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- Title
Personality Traits and Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment.
- Authors
Mendez Rubio, Montserrat; Antonietti, J.P.; Donati, A.; Rossier, J.; Von Gunten, A.
- Abstract
Background and Aims: Both personality changes and behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS) may be associated with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in later life and help identify incipient dementia. We wished to investigate the links between personality and BPS in MCI. Method: We studied premorbid personality traits as estimated 5 years back and their changes in 83 control subjects and 52 MCI patients using the revised NEO Personality Inventory for the Five-Factor Model completed by a proxy. Information on BPS was obtained using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Analyses were controlled for current depression and anxiety. Results: Premorbid neuroticism and openness to experience were associated with the total NPI score. The changes in neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experiences, and conscientiousness were associated with apathy and affective symptoms. Conclusions: Personality changes and BPS occur in MCI. The occurrence of affective BPS and apathy is associated with both premorbid personality traits and their changes. Copyright © 2013 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; COGNITION disorders diagnosis; DEMENTIA risk factors; ANALYSIS of covariance; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR modification; COMPARATIVE studies; STATISTICAL correlation; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; MENTAL status examination; NEUROSES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY tests; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; SCALES (Weighing instruments); SOCIAL participation; STATISTICS; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; PREDICTIVE validity; CONTROL groups; RETROSPECTIVE studies; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 2013, Vol 35, Issue 1/2, p87
- ISSN
1420-8008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000346129