Neurobehavioral disorders in alzheimer´s dementia type

Abstract

disorders (NBD) are symptoms of altered perception, content of thought, mood or behavior, Neurobehavioral what specific types of NBD are affected in Alzheimer-type dementia (ATD) are unknown. The aim although the study is to investigate NBD in patients with ATD compared to Subjects without cognitive impairment of Fifty patients with ATD and 60 SWCI were studied in a non-experimental-cross-sectional study with (SWCI). non-probability sampling based on a series of inclusion criteria. After applying the neuropsychiatric a the results showed that patients with ATD have greater involvement of NBD such as anxiety, inventory, apathy, irritability, agitation compared to SWCI. The SWCI present alterations in the NBD of depression, anxiety, apathy and sleep disorders. In conclusion, the results confirm the hypothesis that a depression, affectation of NBD occurs in ATD compared to SWCI. greater.