TY - JOUR
T1 - Social participation in home-living patients with mild Alzheimer's disease
AU - Sørensen, Lisbeth Villemoes
AU - Waldorff, Frans Boch
AU - Waldemar, Gunhild
AU - Sørensen, Lisbeth Villemoes
AU - Waldorff, Frans Boch
AU - Waldemar, Gunhild
N1 - Keywords: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease; Caregivers; Chi-Square Distribution; Cluster Analysis; Confidence Intervals; Denmark; Female; Geriatric Assessment; Home Nursing; Humans; Interpersonal Relations; Intervention Studies; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neuropsychological Tests; Predictive Value of Tests; Probability; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Severity of Illness Index; Single-Blind Method
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - The purpose of this study was to investigate social participation in home-living patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to identify predictors for low social participation. The study was based on baseline data from 330 home-living patients with mild AD who participated in The Danish Alzheimer Intervention Study (DAISY). Proxy-obtained information from primary caregiver assessed patients' social participation. The result showed that low social participation was present in mild AD. Significant independent predictors of low social participation were impairment in activities of daily living (ADL) and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The findings from this study add to the literature that social impairment is present even in the mild stage of AD. The findings underscore the importance of assessing social participation in mild AD as soon as few ADL skills are lost.
AB - The purpose of this study was to investigate social participation in home-living patients with mild Alzheimer's disease (AD) and to identify predictors for low social participation. The study was based on baseline data from 330 home-living patients with mild AD who participated in The Danish Alzheimer Intervention Study (DAISY). Proxy-obtained information from primary caregiver assessed patients' social participation. The result showed that low social participation was present in mild AD. Significant independent predictors of low social participation were impairment in activities of daily living (ADL) and neuropsychiatric symptoms. The findings from this study add to the literature that social impairment is present even in the mild stage of AD. The findings underscore the importance of assessing social participation in mild AD as soon as few ADL skills are lost.
U2 - 10.1016/j.archger.2007.08.011
DO - 10.1016/j.archger.2007.08.011
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 17936382
SN - 0167-4943
VL - 47
SP - 291
EP - 301
JO - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
JF - Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
IS - 3
ER -