TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantifying behavioral disturbance in Alzheimer's disease patients
AU - Weiner, Myron F.
AU - Tractenberg, Rochelle
AU - Teri, Linda
AU - Logsdon, Rebecca
AU - Thomas, Ronald G.
AU - Gamst, Anthony
AU - Thal, Leon J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by NIH grant AG010483.
PY - 2000/3/1
Y1 - 2000/3/1
N2 - In the course of a four-month study of interventions for behavioral disturbances in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, the following assessment instruments were examined for validity: the clinical global impression of change (CGIC), Cohen-Mansfield agitation inventory (CMAI); CERAD behavioral rating scale for dementia (BRSD), revised memory and behavioral problems checklist (RMBPC) and the agitated behavior in dementia scale (ABID). The four specific behavioral/agitation scales had excellent cross-sectional and longitudinal correlations with each other, suggesting high validity, but changes as indicated by CGIC scores did not correlate well with change scores on the other instruments. We conclude that specific behavioral instruments are preferable to the more general CGIC for detecting and quantifying behavioral disturbances in AD patients. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
AB - In the course of a four-month study of interventions for behavioral disturbances in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients, the following assessment instruments were examined for validity: the clinical global impression of change (CGIC), Cohen-Mansfield agitation inventory (CMAI); CERAD behavioral rating scale for dementia (BRSD), revised memory and behavioral problems checklist (RMBPC) and the agitated behavior in dementia scale (ABID). The four specific behavioral/agitation scales had excellent cross-sectional and longitudinal correlations with each other, suggesting high validity, but changes as indicated by CGIC scores did not correlate well with change scores on the other instruments. We conclude that specific behavioral instruments are preferable to the more general CGIC for detecting and quantifying behavioral disturbances in AD patients. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-3956(99)00042-4
DO - 10.1016/S0022-3956(99)00042-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 10758259
AN - SCOPUS:0034162181
SN - 0022-3956
VL - 34
SP - 163
EP - 167
JO - Journal of Psychiatric Research
JF - Journal of Psychiatric Research
IS - 2
ER -