Eating disorders in dementia
P. Cullen
Bok Engelsk 1997
| Utgitt | 1997
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| Omfang | Side 559- 562
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| Opplysninger | Objectives. To examine the prevalence and associations of alteredeating patterns in dementia sufferers.Design. Prospective cohort study.Setting. Psychiatric services and a memory clinic.Sample. 124 patients with DSM-III-R dementia.Measures. The Geriatric Mental State Schedule, the History andAetiology Schedule, the Cornell Depression Scale and the CAMCOG.Additional standardized questions were asked about eating patterns inthe month prior to the study,Results. Information concerning eating patterns was obtained from 105of the 124 patients: 21% had increased food consumption, 22.1% haddecreased food consumption, 2.9% tried to eat inedible substances,11.4% had an increased preference for sweet things, 7.6% became morefussy about their food choices and 4.8% became less fussy. Decreasedfood consumption was significantly associated with less severecognitive impairment and was related to RDC major depression in somepatients. An increased preference for sweet things showed anassociation with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. Increased foodconsumption was probably heterogeneous. Neither increased foodconsumption nor an increased preference for sweet foods wasassociated with the severity of cognitive impairment.Conclusion. Altered eating patterns are common in dementia sufferers.(C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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