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The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) is associated with informant stress
- Authors:
- NYGAARD Harald A., NAIK Mala, GEITUNG John T.
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 24(11), November 2009, pp.1085-1191.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This study aimed to assess the association between informant stress and appraisal of patients’ cognitive functioning as reported by the IQCODE, which is designed to measure cognitive changes over time as perceived by an informant. Routinely collected data from a geriatric outpatient department during the period 1995 to 1998 were analysed, and the relationship between IQCODE and categorised Relative Stress Scale (RSS), an instrument to detect stress in caregivers, and informant groups and patient age was studied. The study concluded that IQCODE is associated with informant stress and that categorisation of RSS score into groups of low, intermediate and high risk or psychiatric morbidity can be a valuable contribution to a more meaningful application of RSS in general practice.
Activities of daily living, cognitive impairment and other psychological symptoms among elderly recipients of home help
- Author:
- RANHOFF Anette Hylen
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 5(3), May 1997, pp.147-152.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article examines the connection between having a home help and cognitive impairment and psychological symptoms. Analysis showed that cognitive impairment was significantly more frequent among home help clients, whereas indicators of anxiety and depression were not. After multivariate adjustment, living alone, poor perceived health, problems in performing primary activities of daily living (ADL), and, in particular, experiencing difficulties in cleaning the house remained the only variables independently related to having a home help. Results found that the home help seems to be used mainly to compensate for impaired mobility. An association between cognitive functioning and the provision of home help is related to a limitation in the ability to perform ADL associated with cognitive impairment.