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Published in: Neurological Sciences 1/2020

01-01-2020 | Vascular Dementia | Original Article

The impact of vascular burden on behavioural and psychological symptoms in older adults with dementia: the BEVASDE study

Authors: Raquel Manso-Calderón, Purificación Cacabelos-Pérez, María D. Sevillano-García, María E. Herrero-Prieto, Rogelio González-Sarmiento

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Objectives

Behavioural and psychological symptoms (BPS) worsen quality of life and increase institutionalization in dementia, but the relationship between BPS and vascular burden on neuroimaging is unclear. Our aim is to explore whether the profile of BPS differs between patients with large-vessel or cortical vascular dementia (cVaD), small-vessel or subcortical vascular dementia (sVaD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

Methods

The BEVASDE study comprised 806 demented patients (cVaD—136, sVaD—184, AD—486) recruited from outpatient consultations in Salamanca and Avila, Spain. The Clinical Dementia Rating Scale (CDR) and the 12-item Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) were used to evaluate dementia severity and BPS.

Results

BPS were reported in 98.5%, 97.3% and 96.9% of the cVaD, sVaD and AD cases, respectively. The median NPI score was 36 in both cVaD and sVaD and 34 in AD, with a median number of four symptoms per patient. The most frequent disorders were depression (64.4%), apathy (61.8%) and sleep disturbance (60.5%). Multivariate regression analyses after controlling for possible confounders showed a higher risk of euphoria (p = 0.011), apathy (p = 0.007), irritability (p = 0.002) and sleep disturbance (p = 0.020) in cVaD than in AD and more apathy (p = 0.0001) and irritability (p = 0.0001) in sVaD than in AD. In contrast, AD subjects had a higher risk of delusions (p = 0.007) and hallucinations (p = 0.023) than patients with cVaD as well as more aberrant motor behaviour than both cVaD (p = 0.0001) and sVaD (p = 0.003).

Conclusion

BPS are common in dementia and may help in differential diagnosis of the various subtypes. We should inquire about them and treat as necessary.
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Metadata
Title
The impact of vascular burden on behavioural and psychological symptoms in older adults with dementia: the BEVASDE study
Authors
Raquel Manso-Calderón
Purificación Cacabelos-Pérez
María D. Sevillano-García
María E. Herrero-Prieto
Rogelio González-Sarmiento
Publication date
01-01-2020
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Neurological Sciences / Issue 1/2020
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-019-04071-3

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