Neuropsychiatric symptoms and severity of dementia
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Neuropsychiatric symptoms and severity of dementia
Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) cause distress, disabilitiy and reduced quality of life for both the patient and their families. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the prevalence of NPS as a specific stage of dementia status. METHODS A cross-sectional study in patients attending an outpatient clinic for dementia was performed. We applied the Neuropsychiatric Inventory and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia & Neuropsychologia
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1980-5764
DOI: 10.1590/s1980-57642013dn70200006