ArticleAging & mental health2024
Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia and adverse patient outcomes post-hospitalization.
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- Behavioural and psychological symptoms of people with dementia in acute hospital settings: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Age and ageing · 2025Pooled it
- Understanding Risks in the Care of People With Dementia in Acute Hospital Settings: Definitions, Types and Management Strategies-A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Long-Term Cognitive and Functional Outcomes of Anesthesia and Surgery in Patients with Dementia.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Hospital-to-Home Neurological Transition Care: A Scoping Review Across Selected Chronic Neurological Disorders.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Characterization of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with early-stage Alzheimer's disease in a specialized outpatient clinic.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026Observational
- Palliative Care for People With Very Severe to Extreme Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD): A Scoping Review.Journal of advanced nursing · 2026Article
- Uncovering sex patterns in BPSD among home-care patients: longitudinal findings from a population-based registry - digital dementia registry Bavaria.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A hospital-based special care unit for dementia decreased hospital readmission rates for behaviour while reducing rates of falls and occupational violence across medical wards.Age and ageing · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe occurrence of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) are associated with adverse outcomes but have largely been studied in populations outside of acute care. The current study examines (1) the prevalence of BPSD during acute hospitalization and (2) if BPSD are predictive of adverse patient outcomes.
methodsA secondary analysis of Family-centered Function-focused Care (Fam-FFC) data including 461 patients with dementia/care partner dyads assessed at hospital admission, discharge, 2 months, and 6 months post-discharge, was conducted. Prevalence of BPSD (Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Questionnaire total and Frontal, Hyperactivity, Mood, and Psychosis sub-categories), associations with patient and care partner characteristics, and prediction of adverse events (falls, emergency room [ER] visits, hospitalizations, injury) were examined.
resultsBPSD were highly prevalent (93.9% admission, 86.7% discharge). The most common symptom cluster at admission was Hyperactivity (76.7%) followed by Mood (72.3%) and Psychosis (71.9%), and Frontal (25.9%). Higher admission Hyperactivity was associated with ER admissions at 2 months, higher discharge Hyperactivity was associated with ER admissions and hospitalizations at 2 months, and change in Psychosis was associated with ER admissions at 2 months.
conclusionsThese findings highlight BPSD during hospitalization as potentially modifiable risk factors of adverse outcomes.
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