Abstract
Objective: To examine dementia neuropsychiatric symptom (1) severity, (2) help-seeking patterns, and (3) associated family unmet needs for professional help. Method: Family caregivers of 38 Latinos with dementia from an epidemiological cohort study were assessed with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Follow-up probes assessed neuropsychiatric symptoms, help-seeking, and unmet need. Results: Of 122 neuropsychiatric symptoms reported 56.6% (69) were mild and 43.4% (53) were moderate to severe. Eighty percent of caregivers had disclosed at least one neuropsychiatric symptom to primary care physicians and 57.9% needed more professional help, particularly counseling and psychoeducation. Conclusions: Primary care-based interventions are needed to reduce gaps in care.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1-15 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Clinical Gerontologist |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jun 20 2006 |
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Keywords
- Dementia
- Help-seeking
- Latino
- Neuropsychiatric symptoms
- Primary care
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aging
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Dementia neuropsychiatric symptom severity, help-seeking patterns, and family caregiver unmet needs in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA). / Hinton, W Ladson; Chambers, Darin; Velásquez, Alexandra; Gonzalez, Hector; Haan, Mary.
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T1 - Dementia neuropsychiatric symptom severity, help-seeking patterns, and family caregiver unmet needs in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA)
AU - Hinton, W Ladson
AU - Chambers, Darin
AU - Velásquez, Alexandra
AU - Gonzalez, Hector
AU - Haan, Mary
PY - 2006/6/20
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N2 - Objective: To examine dementia neuropsychiatric symptom (1) severity, (2) help-seeking patterns, and (3) associated family unmet needs for professional help. Method: Family caregivers of 38 Latinos with dementia from an epidemiological cohort study were assessed with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Follow-up probes assessed neuropsychiatric symptoms, help-seeking, and unmet need. Results: Of 122 neuropsychiatric symptoms reported 56.6% (69) were mild and 43.4% (53) were moderate to severe. Eighty percent of caregivers had disclosed at least one neuropsychiatric symptom to primary care physicians and 57.9% needed more professional help, particularly counseling and psychoeducation. Conclusions: Primary care-based interventions are needed to reduce gaps in care.
AB - Objective: To examine dementia neuropsychiatric symptom (1) severity, (2) help-seeking patterns, and (3) associated family unmet needs for professional help. Method: Family caregivers of 38 Latinos with dementia from an epidemiological cohort study were assessed with the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI). Follow-up probes assessed neuropsychiatric symptoms, help-seeking, and unmet need. Results: Of 122 neuropsychiatric symptoms reported 56.6% (69) were mild and 43.4% (53) were moderate to severe. Eighty percent of caregivers had disclosed at least one neuropsychiatric symptom to primary care physicians and 57.9% needed more professional help, particularly counseling and psychoeducation. Conclusions: Primary care-based interventions are needed to reduce gaps in care.
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