The Experience of Apathy in Dementia: A Qualitative Study.

ABSTRACT: We aimed to explore and gain an understanding into how people with dementia experience apathy, and consequently suggest effective interventions to help them and their carers. Twelve participants (6 dyads of 6 people with dementia and their family carers) were recruited from "memory cafes" (meeting groups for people with dementia and their families), social groups, seminars, and patient and public involvement (PPI) meetings. People with dementia and their carers were interviewed separately and simultaneously. Quantitative data were collected using validated scales for apathy, cognition, anxiety, and depression. The interviews were semi-structured, focusing on the subjective interpretation of apathy and impacts on behaviour, habits, hobbies, relationships, mood, and activities of daily livin

SUBMITTER: Baber W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005167 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature