Cognitive predictors of resistiveness in dementia patients.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
; 7(3): 259-63, 1999.
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ABSTRACT
Resistiveness to physical care among patients with dementia is a common and burdensome problem. Forty-nine nursing home residents with dementia were administered the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and the Royall Executive Interview (EXIT), a specific test of frontal-subcortical function. Nurses rated resistiveness on every shift for 3 days. Correlation with resistiveness ratings was stronger for the EXIT (r=0. 73) than for the MMSE (r=-0. 46); logistic modeling found the EXIT to be a strong independent predictor of resistiveness. Executive dysfunction as measured by the EXIT is a major determinant of resistiveness to care in long-term care residents with dementia, possibly as a result of such patients' tendency toward inertia.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastorno de la Conducta Social
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Cognición
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Demencia
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry
Asunto de la revista:
GERIATRIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos