Understanding the nature and impact of cognitive fluctuations and sleep disturbances in dementia with Lewy bodies: A qualitative caregiver study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Dementia with Lewy bodies is characterised by rapid fluctuations in attention, which are known as "cognitive fluctuations." Despite the fact that cognitive fluctuations are considered to be a core dementia with Lewy bodies symptom, they are very difficult to define and measure using existing quantitative subjective measurement tools, which are typically completed by caregivers. Cognitive fluctuations are also likely to be influenced by various aspects of sleep, but this is as yet unexplored. The primary aim of this qualitative study was to investigate the phenomenology of cognitive fluctuations in dementia with Lewy bodies by understanding caregiver experiences.

Methods

Seven caregivers of people with dementia with Lewy bodies completed one-to-one semistructured i

SUBMITTER: Matterson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11468633 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature