posted on 2017-06-29, 12:57authored byRajal Devshi, Sarah Shaw, Jordan Elliott-King, Eef HogervorstEef Hogervorst, Avinash Hiremath, Latha Velayudhan, Satheesh Kumar, Sarah Baillon, Stephan Bandelow
A review of 23 studies investigating the prevalence of Behavioural and
psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in the general and learning disability
population and measures used to assess BPSD was carried out. BPSD are non-cognitive
symptoms, which constitute as a major component of dementia regardless of its subtype
Research has indicated that there is a high prevalence of BPSD in the general dementia
population. There are limited studies, which investigate the prevalence of BPSD within
individuals who have learning disabilities and dementia. Findings suggest BPSDs are present
within individuals with learning disabilities and dementia. Future research should use
updated tools for investigating the prevalence of BPSD within individuals with learning
disabilities and dementia.
History
School
Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Diagnostics
Volume
5
Issue
4
Pages
564 - 576
Citation
DEVSHI, R. ...et al., 2015. Prevalence of behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in individuals with learning disabilities. Diagnostics, 5(4), pp. 564-576.
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Publication date
2015
Notes
This is an Open Access Article. It is published by MDPI AG under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported Licence (CC BY). Full details of this licence are available at: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/