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P01-370 - Impact on Caregivers from Sleep Disturbances is Higher in Dementia with Lewy Bodies as Compared to Alzheimer's Dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2020

A. Rongve ,
B.F. Boeve  and
D. Aarsland
A. Rongve
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Helse-Fonna HF, Haugesund, Norway
B.F. Boeve
Affiliation:
Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
D. Aarsland
Affiliation:
Psychiatry, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway

Abstract

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Background

Behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia are known to increase caregiver stress and proceed admission to a nursing home. We studied caregiver stress due to the impact of sleep disturbances in different types of mild dementia.

Method

A sample of 151 persons with mild dementia from the Norwegian DEMWEST- cohort and their caregivers. Sleep problems in dementia were studied with the Mayo Sleep Questionnaire and the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. Caregiver stress was studied with the Relative's Stress Scale.

Results

Caring for a person with mild dementia with any sleep disturbance significantly increased caregiver stress as compared to caring for a person with mild dementia without any sleep disturbances. (18.2 vs. 13.0, p=0.017) Caregivers to patients diagnosed as having mild Dementia with Lewybodies with any sleep disturbance reported significantly more stress as compared to caregivers to person with mild Alzheimer's Disease with any sleep disturbance. (14.7 vs. 21.7 p=0.010).

Conclusion

Sleep disturbances in mild dementia significantly impact on caregiver stress, more so in DLB as compared to AD.

Type
Dementia / Gerontopshychiatry
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 25 , Issue S1: 18th European Congress of Psychiatry. February 27, March 2, 2010 - Munich, Germany , 2010 , 25-E578
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2010
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