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P2–346: Caring for an older adult with bipolar disorder is subject to greater burden than caring for dementia
Author(s) -
Santos Glenda,
Ladeira Rodolfo,
Aprahamian Ivan,
Forlenza Orestes,
Nunes Paula
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.994
Subject(s) - dementia , anxiety , quality of life (healthcare) , caregiver burden , bipolar disorder , medicine , psychiatry , depression (economics) , comorbidity , population , beck anxiety inventory , geriatric depression scale , verbal fluency test , disease , cognition , gerontology , clinical psychology , beck depression inventory , depressive symptoms , neuropsychology , nursing , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
control used more frequently lexis than patients, but also that mild patients used more frequently lexis than moderate, p<0.001. Likewise, it was noted that abstract and living nouns (animals) lexical items were less frequently used by patients, p<.001 and p1⁄40.004 respectively.Conclusions: Comparing the use of lexis between controls and mild and moderate Alzheimer’s disease patients would be interesting to create communication guides that might help caregivers in order to avoid or minimize stressful relationships when dealing with Alzheimer’s disease patients.