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Caregiver and clinician assessment of behavioral disturbances: the California Dementia Behavior Questionnaire. Int Psychogeriatr 1997 Jun;9(2):155-74

Date

06/01/1997

Pubmed ID

9309488

DOI

10.1017/s1041610297004316

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-0030696271 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   9 Citations

Abstract

As part of a multicenter project to study noncognitive behavioral disturbances in dementia, the authors developed a comprehensive caregiver-rated questionnaire for these behaviors. The authors determined the reliability of caregiver ratings and compared caregiver ratings with clinician ratings using standard instruments. Caregivers showed good test/retest reliability for ratings of all types of patient behavioral disturbance. Caregiver interrater reliability was highest for depression and lowest for psychosis. The correlation between caregiver reports and professional assessments was highest for agitation, intermediate for psychosis, and lowest for depression. The match between caregiver and clinician assessments of patient behaviors appears to vary significantly by the type of behavior assessed.

Author List

Victoroff J, Nielson K, Mungas D

Author

Kristy Nielson PhD Professor in the Psychology department at Marquette University

MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease
Caregivers
Dementia
Depressive Disorder
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neurocognitive Disorders
Neuropsychological Tests
Observer Variation
Pilot Projects
Psychometrics
Psychomotor Agitation
Reproducibility of Results
Social Behavior Disorders