Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Caregiver Stress in Parkinson's Disease with Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease, and Frontotemporal Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A better understanding of factors associated with caregiver burden might facilitate the construction of coping strategies to improve their clinical outcomes and the comprehensive care model for dementia.

Objective

To investigate the cognitive and neuropsychiatric domains that contribute to caregiver burden in three types of neurodegenerative disorders: Parkinson's disease (PD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and frontotemporal disease (FTD).

Methods

Eight hundred and fourteen patients and their caregivers were invited to participate; among them, 235 had PD with cognitive impairment; 429 had AD, and 150 had FTD. The evaluation protocol included the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Chinese Version Verbal Learning Test, the m

SUBMITTER: Chang YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10041428 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature