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Clinical predictors of aggressive behaviour in Alzheimer's disease

โœ Scribed by Niall Gormley; M. R. Rizwan; Simon Lovestone

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1998
Tongue
English
Weight
125 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
0885-6230

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โœฆ Synopsis

Objectives:

To examine the level and clinical correlates of aggressive behaviour in alzheimer's disease (ad).

Method:

Seventy patients with probable ad were rated using validated assessment instruments including the rating scale for aggressive behaviour in the elderly (rage).

Results:

Thirty-one subjects were rated as at least mildly aggressive during the 3-day period prior to assessment. rage scores correlated significantly with delusions and activity disturbance scores. aggressive behaviour was not associated with age, sex, dementia severity, hallucinations or depression.

Conclusions:

Aggressive behaviour occurs frequently in patients with ad. our results confirm the findings of previous studies that the presence of delusions increases the risk of aggression in this population.

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