BACKGROUND: Since most studies concerning the frequency of @entity73 of @entity303 are based on samples of @entity146 services, the results of these studies may be influenced by their selection procedure. For this reason, we investigated the frequency of non-cognitive @entity303 symptoms based on an epidemiological nursing home study. METHODS: The sample consisted of 249 nursing home residents in Austria who were interviewed with the Clinical Interview Schedule within 2 weeks after admission (T1) and again 6 months later (T2). For the analyses of the @entity73 among the demented, only manifest clinical abnormalities observed during the interview were included. Further, mobility and impaired self-care were assessed. RESULTS: At admission, @entity303 was found in 63.9% of the sample. At T1, 38%, and at T2, 36.1% of the demented suffered from any @entity73 . Flattened or incongruous affect, suspiciousness or @entity146 , and @entity148 were found most frequently. Multiple regression analyses showed that @entity73 increase the risk for impaired self-care. DISCUSSION: Despite the fact that the frequency of several @entity73 found in our survey is lower than reported from studies based on @entity146 samples, a high proportion of the demented in nursing homes suffer from such symptoms. Non-cognitive symptoms of @entity303 increase the risk for an impaired self-care, which supports the assumption that they raise the costs of caring.

Non-cognitive symptoms of XXXX in nursing homes: frequency, course and consequences.

@entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['non-cognitive symptoms'] @entity148 :: ('MESH:D001008', 'Disease') :: ['anxiety'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'aggressiveness']
@entity303 :: (MESH:D003704,Disease) :: ['dementia']
