@article{ref1,
title="Apathy and depressive mood in nursing home patients with early-onset dementia",
journal="American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias",
year="2009",
author="Leontjevas, Ruslan and van Hooren, Susan and Waterink, Wim and Mulders, Ans",
volume="24",
number="4",
pages="341-348",
abstract="The study explored whether apathy and depressive mood symptoms (DMS) are related to cognitive and functional features of dementia in 63 nursing home (NH) residents with early-onset dementia (EOD). All EOD residents from one NH (n = 41) and a random sample from another NH were assessed for depressive symptoms (Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale [MADRS]), apathy (Neuropsychiatric Inventory [NPI]), global cognitive functions (Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE]), activities of daily living (ADL, Minimum Data Set--Resident Assessment Instrument [MDS-RAI]), and overall dementia severity (Global Deterioration Scale [GDS]). DMS were not associated with apathy and dementia severity. Regression analyses adjusted for age, gender, the type of dementia, and DMS revealed that dementia severity measures accounted, respectively, for 14% (ADL), 13% (GDS), and 9% (MMSE) of the variance in apathy. In line with previous research in older patients, the higher apathy scores were associated with more cognitive and functional problems in EOD.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1533-3175",
doi="10.1177/1533317509333905",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1533317509333905"
}