Agitation and apathy increase risk of dementia in psychiatric inpatients with late-onset psychiatric symptoms.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A diagnosis of dementia in middle-aged and elder people is often complicated by physical frailty and comorbid neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs). Previous studies have identified NPSs as a risk factor for dementia. The aim of this study was to figure out to what extent individual NPS and certain demographic factors increased the risk of dementia in middle-aged and senior psychiatric inpatients.

Methods

One hundred twenty-seven middle-aged and senior patients admitted to psychiatric wards for late-onset (age ≥ 50 years) psychiatric symptoms were included and categorized into dementia or non-demented psychiatric disorders (NDPD). The patients' demographic information and medical records were collected during the first hospitalization and subjected to statistical analy

SUBMITTER: Shao Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8080316 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature