Caregiver report versus clinician impression: disagreements in rating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease patients

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Florindo Stella · Universidade de São Paulo

Orestes Vicente Forlenza · Universidade de São Paulo

Jerson Laks · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Larissa Pires de Andrade · Universidade Federal de São Carlos

João de Castilho Cação · Faculdade de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto

José Sílvio Govone · Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

Kate de Medeiros

Abstract

Caregivers may have incomplete perception of patient NPS mainly in mild dementia. NPS ratings might be confounded by cultural beliefs, sometimes leading caregiver to interpret symptoms as part of "normal" aging.

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Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Mental Health and Psychiatry

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Published in: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volume 30, Issue 12, pp. 1230-1237

DOI: 10.1002/gps.4278

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Caregiver report versus clinician impression: disagreements in rating neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease patients

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