Associations between unmet needs for daytime activities and company and scores on the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire in people with dementia: a longitudinal study

To examine prospectively the association between unmet needs for daytime activities and company and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. We included 451 people with mild or moderate dementia, from eight European countries, who were assessed three times over 12 months. Unmet needs were...

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Published in:Aging & mental health 2022, Vol.26 (4), p.725-734
Main Authors: Michelet, Mona, Selbaek, Geir, Strand, Bjørn Heine, Lund, Anne, Engedal, Knut, Bieber, Anja, Gonçalves-Pereira, Manuel, Hopper, Louise, Irving, Kate, Jelley, Hannah, Marques, Maria J., Orrell, Martin, Portolani, Daniel M., Sjölund, Britt-Marie, Sköldunger, Anders, Stephan, Astrid, Verhey, Frans, de Vugt, Marjolein, Wolfs, Claire, Woods, Bob, Zanetti, Orazio, Bergh, Sverre
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Language:English
Subjects:
Affective symptoms
Aged
BPSD
Companies
company
Daytime
daytime activities
Dementia
Dementia - psychology
Dementia disorders
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Medicin och hälsovetenskap
Needs
needs assessment
Older people
Psychiatry
Psychological problems
Psychosis
Psychotic Disorders
Psychotic symptoms
Questionnaires
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:To examine prospectively the association between unmet needs for daytime activities and company and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. We included 451 people with mild or moderate dementia, from eight European countries, who were assessed three times over 12 months. Unmet needs were measured with the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly. Three sub-syndromes of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire were regressed, one-by-one, against unmet needs for daytime activities and company, adjusting for demographic and clinical-functional covariates. Unmet needs for daytime activities were associated with more affective symptoms at baseline, six and twelve months, mean 0.74 (p 
ISSN:1360-7863
1364-6915
1364-6915
DOI:10.1080/13607863.2021.1910792