Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Format of Original
20 p.
Publication Date
6-1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Source Publication
International Psychogeriatrics
Source ISSN
1041-6102
Original Item ID
doi: 10.1017/S1041610297004316
Abstract
As part of a multicenter project to study noncognitive behavioral disturbances in dementia, the authors developed a comprehensive caregiver-rated questionnaire for these behaviors. The authors determined the reliability of caregiver ratings and compared caregiver ratings with clinician ratings using standard instruments. Caregivers showed good test/retest reliability for ratings of all types of patient behavioral disturbance. Caregiver interrater reliability was highest for depression and lowest for psychosis. The correlation between caregiver reports and professional assessments was highest for agitation, intermediate for psychosis, and lowest for depression. The match between caregiver and clinician assessments of patient behaviors appears to vary significantly by the type of behavior assessed.
Recommended Citation
Victoroff, Jeff; Nielson, Kristy A.; and Mungas, Dan, "Caregiver and Clinician Assessment of Behavioral Disturbances: The California Dementia Behavior Questionnaire" (1997). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 122.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/122
Comments
Published version. International Psychogeriatrics, Vol. 9, No. 2 (June 1997): 155-174. DOI. © 1997 Cambridge University Press. Used with permission.
Kristy Nielson was affiliated with the University of California - Irvine at the time of publication.