Physical performance, frailty and BPSD in patients with dementia: a retrospective study
Maria Giovanna Bianco, Sara Rogani, Rosanna Pullia, Elena Bianchi, Ludovica Di Carlo, Gianluca Bufi, Francesca Carmassi, Rosa Silvestri, Valeria Calsolaro, Agostino Virdis · 2025
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Description
Behavioral symptoms in dementia, from apathy to agitation, can cost patients their independence. Maria Giovanna Bianco and co-authors asked how body strength tracks with those symptoms in this 2025 study. Patients at one center received a full geriatric check covering daily tasks, disease load, and frailty. Thinking and behavior were scored with standard tests as well.
The team grouped patients into three clusters by frailty, disability, and disease burden, using a standard grouping method. Symptoms were sorted into three families: mood and apathy, psychosis-like signs, and hyperactivity. That layout lets them ask which body profile goes with which symptom family. Knowing those links could help wards plan care that fits each patient's state. The study looks back at records rather than following patients forward.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Maria Giovanna Bianco, Sara Rogani, Rosanna Pullia, Elena Bianchi, Ludovica Di Carlo, Gianluca Bufi, Francesca Carmassi, Rosa Silvestri, Valeria Calsolaro, Agostino Virdis |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |