Hiroaki Tanaka
Japan
Research Article
Relationship with Bipolar Temperament and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Alzheimer's Disease
Author(s): Hiroaki Tanaka, Koji Hori and Atsuko InamotoHiroaki Tanaka, Koji Hori and Atsuko Inamoto
Objects: To evaluate the relationship between bipolar temperament (BT) and the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) in Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
Backgrounds: In Japan, no medicine is permitted for BPSD in AD. And there was no study that evaluated the relationship BT and BPSD in AD.
Methods and Results: We evaluated 65 AD patients using demographic data (sex, educational level, age at dementia onset, age at the time of test and duration of illness), BP, cognitive function, existence of BPSD and morphologic features in the brain using MRI (p<0.05). BPSD was be related with BT. Lower educational level was related with BPSD among those with BT (p<0.05).
Conclusions: BPSD in AD was related with BT and among those with BT lower educational level was related with BPSD. .. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2168-975X.1000144