Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Mortality Risk Among People With Cognitive Impairment: An 8-year Longitudinal Study From the NCGG-STORIES.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are common among people with dementia from the early stages and can appear even in mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, the prognostic impact of BPSD is unclear. This study examined the association between BPSD and mortality among people with cognitive impairment.

Methods

This longitudinal study involved 1,065 males and 1,681 females (mean age: 77.1 years for males and 78.6 years for females) with MCI or dementia diagnosis from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology-Life Stories of People with Dementia (NCGG-STORIES), a single-center memory clinic-based cohort study in Japan that registered first-time outpatients from 2010-2018. Information about death was collected through a mail survey ret

SUBMITTER: Noguchi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11464853 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature