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To examine the relationship between neuropsychiatric symptom severity and health-related quality of life, and evaluate how dementia severity influences this association in nursing home residents.

July 5, 2019Työväentutkimus VuosikirjaOpen Access

Severity of both neuropsychiatric symptoms and dementia is associated with quality of life in nursing home residents

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To examine the relationship between neuropsychiatric symptom severity and health-related quality of life, and evaluate how dementia severity influences this association in nursing home residents.
Cross-sectional study involving 352 institutionalized long-term care residents aged 65 years or older diagnosed with dementia.
Assessed neuropsychiatric symptoms using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), health-related quality of life with the 15D instrument, and dementia severity via the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR).
Residents with severe dementia (CDR 3) showed worse overall HRQoL than those with mild-to-moderate dementia (CDR < 3), with a significant interaction between NPI and CDR (p = 0.037 for NPI, p < 0.001 for CDR, p < 0.001 for interaction).
In severe dementia, HRQoL correlated positively with all NPS subgroups and dimensions including mobility, vision, eating, speech, excretion, usual activities, mental functions, and vitality.
In mild-to-moderate dementia, overall NPS showed no significant correlation with HRQoL, but NPI scores correlated negatively with depression, distress, and vitality.

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Cross-sectional study finds higher neuropsychiatric symptoms correlate with better quality of life in severe dementia, indicating preserved vitality and functional capacity.

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Roitto et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7bf7daa540d02696c2b311 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-019-00213-0

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Cross-sectional study finds higher neuropsychiatric symptoms correlate with better quality of life in severe dementia, indicating preserved vitality and functional capacity.

Severity of both neuropsychiatric symptoms and dementia is associated with quality of life in nursing home residents

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Severity of both neuropsychiatric symptoms and dementia is associated with quality of life in nursing home residents

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