[Behavioral pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (BEHAVE-AD): Spanish validation]. / Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (BEHAVE-AD): validación española.
Neurologia
; 21(1): 19-25, 2006.
Article
em Es
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16525922
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
The Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (BEHAVE-AD) is a screening instrument for the evaluation of behavioral disturbances in Alzheimer's patients. Our aim was to validate the BEHAVE-AD test in Spanish, intended for use in routine clinical practice.METHOD:
We assessed the validity of the BEHAVEAD in 79 nursing-home patients with diagnosis criteria of dementia, scoring 4 or higher on the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) scale, by developing a crossed validated form between the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire (NPI-Q) and BEHAVE-AD tests. Both instruments were rated by an expert clinician. In order to study the concurrent validity of some of the BEHAVE-AD subscales, we compared the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) and the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS) tests.RESULTS:
The Pearson correlation index between the BEHAVE-AD test and the NPI-Q, was significant but moderate (r=0.694). Pearson's correlation between BEHAVEAD's symptoms scale and NPI-Q's severity scale was r=0.698. When comparing BEHAVE-AD's global evaluation scale (caregiver's disturbance) and NPI-Q's distress scale, the correlation index was 0.535.CONCLUSIONS:
The BEHAVE-AD Spanish version offers the possibility to use a screening tool for the detection of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia patients, also applicable to nursing home residents, administered by an expert clinician.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Escalas de Graduação Psiquiátrica
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Sintomas Comportamentais
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Doença de Alzheimer
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article