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Correlation Study Between Mental Behavioral Symptoms in Dementia Patients and Mood Disorders of Caregivers

NCT03724344 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2018-10-30

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Summary

Traditionally, the more severity of dementia patients, the heavier the burden of the comparators, and in the clinical observation,the dementia patients with rich mental behavior symptoms are more burdened. Therefore, exploring the impact of psychological burden and different subtypes of different dimensions with Behavioral and psychological symptoms (BPSD) will more comprehensive understanding of the factors affecting the burden of caregivers.

The starting point of this project is to analyze the relationship between the types of mental behavior symptoms of dementia patients and the emotional disorders of caregivers. The topic will analyze the correlation of psychological burden of caregivers and different symptom dimensions from the perspective of refinement, helping more effective identifying high-burden mental behavior symptoms in clinically , judging the risk of emotional problems in caregivers, and adopting better humanities or medical care, so that dementia patients can better adapt to care and improve the mental health of caregivers.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Cross section resaerch

Assessment of cognitive (MoCA), mental behavioral symptoms (NPI） the Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS) and the Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Shanghai Mental Health Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Zhenghui Yi, MD · Shanghai Mental Health Center

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-20
Primary Completion
2019-08-31
Completion
2020-09-30

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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