Open AccessBehavioral Symptoms in Motor Neuron Disease and Their Negative Impact on Caregiver Burden
Author(s) -
Bo Cui,
Liying Cui,
Mingsheng Liu,
Xiaoguang Li,
Jingdong Ma,
Fang Jia,
Qi Ding
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.4103/0366-6999.163393
Subject(s) - caregiver burden , irritability , amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , medicine , population , disease , frontotemporal dementia , psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , dementia , environmental health
The spectrum of abnormal behaviors in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis/motor neuron disease (ALS/MND) has been described, but its practical meaning, namely its impact on caregiver burden, has not been clearly documented in Chinese population. This study aimed to assess the distribution of abnormal behaviors in Chinese population, and to analyze the relationship between behavior changes and caregiver burden.