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Neuropsychiatric Symptoms and Functional Decline in Alzheimerʼs Disease and Lewy Body Dementia

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Functional status is one of the most important markers of well‐being in older adults, but the drivers of functional decline in dementia are not well known. The aim of our… Click to show full abstract

Functional status is one of the most important markers of well‐being in older adults, but the drivers of functional decline in dementia are not well known. The aim of our work was to study the association of neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPSs) with functional decline over 5 years in newly diagnosed people with Alzheimer´s disease (AD) and Lewy body dementia (LBD).

Keywords: disease lewy; alzheimer disease; neuropsychiatric symptoms; decline; functional decline; lewy body

Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2020

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