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ArticleSingapore medical journal2018

Managing challenging behaviours in dementia.

Chun How Ooi, Peng Soon Yoon, Choon How How, Ngar Yee Poon

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Article in Singapore medical journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Chun How OoiDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Peng Soon YoonDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Choon How HowCare and Health Integration, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.
Ngar Yee PoonDepartment of Psychological Medicine, Changi General Hospital, Singapore.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dementia is a condition marked by the progressive and irreversible clinical syndrome of cognitive decline that is eventually severe enough to interfere with daily living. Management of dementia is often complex and requires a multidisciplinary approach. This article discusses the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), such as agitation, insomnia, restlessness, hallucinations, anxiety and depressed mood, for which patients and their caregivers commonly seek medical advice from their primary care clinician. These symptoms can cause significant distress to patients, their families and caregivers, and may even lead to the patient being prematurely institutionalised. Management consists of assessment of BPSD and supporting the needs of the family, especially those of the caregiver, and can be both non-pharmacological and pharmacological.

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AgedAgingAnxietyCaregiversDementiaDepressionHallucinationsHumansMental DisordersPrimary Health CareSleep Initiation and Maintenance Disordersbehavioural symptomsdementianeurocognitive disordersprimary health caretreatment and management

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PMID30386856
PMCPMC6199192

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