The Brazilian version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician rating scale (NPI-C): Reliability and validity in dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1503-1511

  Stella, Florindo ^a,b   Forlenza, Orestes Vicente ^b   Laks, Jerson ^c   De Andrade, Larissa Pires ^a   Avendaño, Michelle A Ljubetic ^b   Sé, Elisandra Villela Gasparetto ^d   De Castilho Cação, João ^e   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^f   De Medeiros, Kate ^g  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brazil; dementia; neuropsychiatric assessment; neuropsychiatric symptoms; scale

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; COUNSELING; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; EATING DISORDER; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY CLINICIAN RATING SCALE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DISORDER; VOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84881037902     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000811     Document Type: Article

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