Cognitive and behavioral units (CBUs) have been created between 2008 and 2012 French National Alzheimer plan for the management of behavior problems of patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other related disorders and necessitating hospitalisation. This Alzheimer plan is promoting the evaluation of these units through the observation of the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) evolution. As these units are new, it appears important to assess their long-term impact on patients care.
EXPECTED RESULTS The present study should allow to better understand the long-term impact of CBU on care of patients with Alzheimer disease and BPSD. Moreover, it should allow to identify patients improved by CBU.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
306
the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), is uded to assess 10 behavioral disturbances occurring in dementia patients: delusions, hallucinations, dysphoria, anxiety, agitation/aggression, euphoria, disinhibition, irritability/lability, apathy, and aberrant motor activity. The NPI uses a screening strategy to minimize administration time, examining and scoring only those behavioral domains with positive responses to screening questions.
CH Saint Jean de Dieu
Lyon, France
CHU de Saint Etienne
Saint-Etienne, France
Hospices Civils de Lyon
Villeurbanne, France
Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) score
impact of CBU effectiveness in reducing BPSD
Time frame: one year
CBU effectiveness in reducing BPSD
Time frame: 6 months
CBU effectiveness on quality of life of patients and caregivers, and on caregivers' burden
Time frame: one year
Psychotropic drugs (in particular neuroleptic drugs) consumption
Time frame: one year
rehospitalisation rate for BPSD of the patients in the year following their hospitalisation in CBU
Time frame: one year
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