Antonios A Mougias, Foteini Christidi, Evaggelia Kontogianni, Elena Skaltsounaki, Anastasios Politis, Antonios Politis
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Abstract
Background: Informant-based rating scales are widely used in dementia but patients' and caregivers' features influence the final scoring. We aimed to evaluate the role of patient- and caregiver-related factors in a caregiver rated Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) score in a sample of Greek patients with dementia.
Methods: We included 194 patients with dementia and 194 caregivers/family relatives; Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE); Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI); Katz Index of Activities of Daily Living (K-IADL) were administered to (a) patients and Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression (CES-D) Scale; Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) to (b) caregivers. Participants' demographics and patients' and caregivers' characteristics were entered into a 3-block regression analysis.
Results: The final model explained 55% of the total variance of the caregiver assessed GDS score. The following variables significantly contributed to the final model: MMSE (β=-0.524); K-IADL (β=-0.264); ZBI (β=0.145).
Conclusion: We herein confirm the contribution of patients' cognitive and functional status and caregivers' burden in caregiver rated GDS scoring irrespective of demographic-related characteristics.