The Brazilian version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician rating scale (NPI-C): Reliability and validity in dementia
- Stella, Florindo
- Forlenza, Orestes Vicente
- Laks, Jerson
- De Andrade, Larissa Pires
- Avendaño, Michelle A. Ljubetic
- Sé, Elisandra Villela Gasparetto
- De Castilho Cação, João
- Lyketsos, Constantine G.
- De Medeiros, Kate
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ABSTRACT Background: Patients with dementia may be unable to describe their symptoms, and caregivers frequently suffer emotional burden that can interfere with judgment of the patient's behavior. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician rating scale (NPI-C) was therefore developed as a comprehensive and versatile instrument to assess and accurately measure neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in dementia, thereby using information from caregiver and patient interviews, and any other relevant available data. The present study is a follow-up to the original, cross-national NPI-C validation, evaluating the reliability and concurrent validity of the NPI-C in quantifying psychopathological symptoms in dementia in a large Brazilian cohort. Methods: Tw...
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