## Objectives: To evaluate the frequency and type of psychological and behavioural symptoms in alzheimer's disease (ad) patients in poland, in various stages of the disease. ## Method: One hundred and sixty-nine patients with a diagnosis of probable ad in global deterioration (gds) stages 3, 4, 5
The prevalence of clinically significant depressive symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: relationship with other psychological and behavioural symptoms
✍ Scribed by Christophe Arbus; Maria E. Soto; Sandrine Andrieu; Fati Nourhashémi; Vincent Camus; Laurent Schmitt; Bruno Vellas
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 47 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-6230
- DOI
- 10.1002/gps.2044
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✦ Synopsis
Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia; NPI ¼ Neuropsychiatric Inventory. *Fisher's test (theoritical number <5). Odds Ratios (OR) adjusted for gender, age and CDR score.
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