Disruptive Behavior and Actigraphic Measures in Home-Dwelling Patients with Alzheimer's Disease: Preliminary Report
Year: 1997
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this preliminary report was to explore overall level and diurnal patterning of caregiver reports of abnormal behavior and to explore relationships with actigraphic measures of sleep/wake activity in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Our primary behavioral measure was the Time-based Behavioral Disturbance Questionnaire (TBDQ). The overall score on this measure was shown to have adequate test-retest reliability and convergent validity with another behavioral measure. Significant correlations were obtained between the TBDQ overall score and actigraphically scored sleep efficiency (r = -.35, P < .05) and wake after sleep onset (r = .43, P < .01) in 41 subjects. The data suggest a moderate relationship between actigraphic measures of sleep/wake and disturbed behavior in home-dwelling AD patients.
Authors: Leah Friedman, Helena C. Kraemer, Vincent Zarcone, Stephanie Sage, Deryl Wicks, Donald L. Bliwise, Javaid Sheikh, Jared Tinklenberg, Jerome A. Yesavage
Institutions: Stanford University, Emory University
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2119910048