Validation of the icelandic version of the neuropsychiatric inventory with caregiver distress (NPI-D)

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-32

  Davidsdottir, Solveig R ^a,b   Snaedal, Jon ^a   Karlsdottir, Gudrun ^a   Atladottir, Ida ^c   Hannesdottir, Kristin ^a  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Roasalir Nursing Home ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Behavioural Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (BEHAVE AD); Caregiver burden; Neuropsychiatric Inventory with Caregiver Distress (NPI D); Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Validation; Vascular dementia (VaD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOURAL PATHOLOGY IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE RATING SCALE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY WITH CAREGIVER DISTRESS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; RELATIVE STRESS SCALE; SCREEN FOR CAREGIVER BURDEN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84855649626     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2011.593100     Document Type: Article

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