| Autor: |
Cristiani Sartorio Menegardo, Fernanda Alencar Friggi, Julia Baldon Scardini, Tais Souza Rossi, Thais dos Santos Vieira, Alessandra Tieppo, Renato Lirio Morelato |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 469-474 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1980-5764 |
| DOI: |
10.1590/1980-57642018dn13-040015 |
| Popis: |
ABSTRACT The sundown syndrome is a complex neurobehavioral disorder in patients with dementia associated with high financial cost and significant caregiver burden. It is a multifactorial phenomenon with unclear pathophysiology, characterized by the presence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the evening period. Objective: To analyze the main neuropsychiatric symptoms, their correlation with one another, with comorbidities, and with time of day of greatest symptom intensity in patients with Alzheimer’s disease dementia. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational and explanatory study in which caregivers/relatives of elderly patients with dementia were interviewed using a structured tool called the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Results: The sample studied was composed of 38 patients, 60.5% female and 39.5% male, with mean age of 81±6 (67-94) years. A high frequency of neuropsychiatric symptoms in the evening period was observed, predominantly irritability (55.3%), nocturnal behavior (47.4%), and aggressiveness (42.1%). Only 36.8% of the family caregivers used non-pharmacological strategies. Conclusion: The frequency of neuropsychiatric symptoms was exacerbated in the evening among patients with Alzheimer’s disease, especially for those behavioral symptoms that had a positive correlation with one another. |
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