Risk Factors of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Patients with Alzheimer Disease: The Clinical Research of Dementia of South Korea Study

Autor: Jun Hyun Yoo, Duk L. Na, Seol Heui Han, Doh Kwan Kim, Su Jeong Shin, Seong Yoon Kim, Seong Hye Choi, Woojae Myung, Jinyoung Shin, Jae-Hong Lee, SangYun Kim, Sun Young Park
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Korean Journal of Family Medicine
ISSN: 2092-6715
2005-6443
Popis: BACKGROUND Few studies have evaluated risk factors for behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia at the initial assessment for Alzheimer disease in large patient samples. In this study, the factors influencing Alzheimer disease were examined using the Clinical Research of Dementia of South Korea data. METHODS This cross-sectional study was conducted using data of 1,128 patients with Alzheimer disease. The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia were examined using the Korean version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Demographic characteristics, health-related behavior, neuropsychological tests, comorbidities, blood test results, and caregiver characteristics were assessed. Median logistic regression analysis with adjustment for covariates was conducted. RESULTS The behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia were negatively associated with memory (P=0.022) and frontal/executive (P
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