Characteristics of patients assisted at an ambulatory of dementia from a university hospital

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Lyssandra Dos Santos Tascone¹  Rita De Cássia G. Marques¹  Elaine Cristina Pereira¹  Cássio M.c. Bottino¹ 

[1] ,University of São Paulo Medical School Institute of PsychiatrySão Paulo SP ,Brazil

关键词: dementia;    Alzheimer's disease;    vascular dementia;    neuropsychiatric symptoms;    activities of daily living;    demência;    doença de Alzheimer;    demência vascular;    sintomas neuropsiquiátricos;    atividades de vida diária;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2008000500005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To present socio-demographic characteristics, mean scores of tests and scales applied to patients with dementia and discuss the relationship between test scores, clinical diagnoses and the severity of dementia. METHOD: Patients (n=113) were diagnosed according to the DSM-IV criteria, and the diagnostic work-up included physical and neurological examination, auxiliary exams, cognitive and functional tests, and the evaluation of neuropsychiatric symptoms. RESULTS: Mean age was 74.0 years. Alzheimer's disease (AD) was diagnosed in 62.8% of the patients, AD and vascular dementia in 8.8%, other dementias in 14.2%, and mild cognitive impairment in 2.7%. At least one neuropsychiatric symptom was diagnosed in 96.9% of the sample. There were significant differences on cognitive and functional performance between the groups classified according to dementia severity. CONCLUSION: Neuropsychiatric symptoms were quite common in patients with dementia, being more frequent as severity increased, and those symptoms were associated with functional impairment in the patients.

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