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  1. Article ; Online: Unmet needs, quality of life and support networks of people with dementia living at home.

    Miranda-Castillo, Claudia / Woods, Bob / Galboda, Kumari / Oomman, Sabu / Olojugba, Charles / Orrell, Martin

    Health and quality of life outcomes

    2010  Volume 8, Page(s) 132

    Abstract: Background: There is lack of evidence about the unmet needs of people with dementia (PWD) living at home and the predictors of high levels of unmet needs. The main aim of this study was to identify the relationship between unmet needs, social networks ... ...

    Abstract Background: There is lack of evidence about the unmet needs of people with dementia (PWD) living at home and the predictors of high levels of unmet needs. The main aim of this study was to identify the relationship between unmet needs, social networks and quality of life of PWD living at home.
    Methods: One hundred and fifty two community dwelling PWD and 128 carers were interviewed about PWD's needs, social networks, quality of life and other functional and psychological factors. All the interviews with PWD were carried out at their homes. Interviews with carers were undertaken either at PWD's home, their own home or at the health centre. Whenever possible, PWD and carers were interviewed separately. The data collection took place between November 2005 and July 2007. The majority of participants (129, 84.9%) were recruited from National Health Services (NHS) and the rest (23, 15.1%) were recruited from other organisations such as social services and voluntary organizations in the UK.
    Results: The most frequent unmet needs for PWD were daytime activities (77, 50.7%), company (60, 39.5%), and help with psychological distress (47, 30.9%). Higher number of behavioural and psychological symptoms, low-community involvement social networks, having a younger carer and higher carer's anxiety were found to be predictors of higher unmet needs in PWD. Social networks and behavioural and psychological symptoms had an indirect effect on PWD's self-rated quality of life through unmet needs.
    Conclusions: Interventions aiming to reduce unmet needs, through the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms and the involvement of PWD in the community, would potentially improve PWD's quality of life.
    MeSH term(s) Activities of Daily Living/psychology ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Alzheimer Disease/complications ; Dementia/therapy ; Female ; Health Services Needs and Demand ; Homebound Persons ; Humans ; London ; Male ; Mental Status Schedule ; Middle Aged ; Psychometrics ; Quality of Life ; Residence Characteristics/classification ; Social Support ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Surveys and Questionnaires
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-11-12
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1477-7525
    ISSN (online) 1477-7525
    DOI 10.1186/1477-7525-8-132
    Database MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE

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  2. Article: De Clerambault's syndrome (erotomania) as a presenting feature of fronto-temporal dementia and motor neurone disease (FTD-MND).

    Olojugba, Charles / de Silva, Rajith / Kartsounis, Luke D / Royan, Lindsay / Carter, Janet

    Behavioural neurology

    2007  Volume 18, Issue 3, Page(s) 193–195

    MeSH term(s) Aged ; Cerebrovascular Circulation/physiology ; Dementia/complications ; Dementia/diagnosis ; Dementia/physiopathology ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Female ; Frontal Lobe/blood supply ; Frontal Lobe/diagnostic imaging ; Frontal Lobe/physiopathology ; Humans ; Motor Neuron Disease/complications ; Motor Neuron Disease/diagnosis ; Motor Neuron Disease/physiopathology ; Neurocognitive Disorders/complications ; Neurocognitive Disorders/diagnosis ; Neurocognitive Disorders/physiopathology ; Oximes ; Radiopharmaceuticals ; Temporal Lobe/blood supply ; Temporal Lobe/diagnostic imaging ; Temporal Lobe/physiopathology ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
    Chemical Substances Oximes ; Radiopharmaceuticals ; hexamethylpropyleneamine oxime
    Language English
    Publishing date 2007-08-11
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1001896-7
    ISSN 1875-8584 ; 0953-4180
    ISSN (online) 1875-8584
    ISSN 0953-4180
    DOI 10.1155/2007/274156
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  3. Article ; Online: Unmet needs, quality of life and support networks of people with dementia living at home

    Oomman Sabu / Galboda Kumari / Woods Bob / Miranda-Castillo Claudia / Olojugba Charles / Orrell Martin

    Health and Quality of Life Outcomes, Vol 8, Iss 1, p

    2010  Volume 132

    Abstract: Abstract Background There is lack of evidence about the unmet needs of people with dementia (PWD) living at home and the predictors of high levels of unmet needs. The main aim of this study was to identify the relationship between unmet needs, social ... ...

    Abstract Abstract Background There is lack of evidence about the unmet needs of people with dementia (PWD) living at home and the predictors of high levels of unmet needs. The main aim of this study was to identify the relationship between unmet needs, social networks and quality of life of PWD living at home. Methods One hundred and fifty two community dwelling PWD and 128 carers were interviewed about PWD's needs, social networks, quality of life and other functional and psychological factors. All the interviews with PWD were carried out at their homes. Interviews with carers were undertaken either at PWD's home, their own home or at the health centre. Whenever possible, PWD and carers were interviewed separately. The data collection took place between November 2005 and July 2007. The majority of participants (129, 84.9%) were recruited from National Health Services (NHS) and the rest (23, 15.1%) were recruited from other organisations such as social services and voluntary organizations in the UK. Results The most frequent unmet needs for PWD were daytime activities (77, 50.7%), company (60, 39.5%), and help with psychological distress (47, 30.9%). Higher number of behavioural and psychological symptoms, low-community involvement social networks, having a younger carer and higher carer's anxiety were found to be predictors of higher unmet needs in PWD. Social networks and behavioural and psychological symptoms had an indirect effect on PWD's self-rated quality of life through unmet needs. Conclusions Interventions aiming to reduce unmet needs, through the treatment of behavioural and psychological symptoms and the involvement of PWD in the community, would potentially improve PWD's quality of life.
    Keywords Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics ; R858-859.7
    Subject code 360 ; 300
    Language English
    Publishing date 2010-11-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher BMC
    Document type Article ; Online
    Database BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection)

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