Victoroff J, Nielson K, Mungas D
Department of Neurology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles, USA.
Int Psychogeriatr. 1997 Jun;9(2):155-74. doi: 10.1017/s1041610297004316.
As part of a multicenter project to study noncognitive behavioral disturbances in dementia, the authors developed a comprehensive caregiver-rated questionnaire for these behaviors. The authors determined the reliability of caregiver ratings and compared caregiver ratings with clinician ratings using standard instruments. Caregivers showed good test/retest reliability for ratings of all types of patient behavioral disturbance. Caregiver interrater reliability was highest for depression and lowest for psychosis. The correlation between caregiver reports and professional assessments was highest for agitation, intermediate for psychosis, and lowest for depression. The match between caregiver and clinician assessments of patient behaviors appears to vary significantly by the type of behavior assessed.
作为一项研究痴呆症中非认知行为障碍的多中心项目的一部分，作者们针对这些行为开发了一份全面的由照料者评分的问卷。作者们确定了照料者评分的可靠性，并使用标准工具将照料者评分与临床医生评分进行比较。照料者对各类患者行为障碍的评分显示出良好的重测信度。照料者之间的评分者信度在抑郁方面最高，在精神病方面最低。照料者报告与专业评估之间的相关性在激越方面最高，在精神病方面居中，在抑郁方面最低。照料者与临床医生对患者行为的评估之间的匹配度似乎因所评估行为的类型而有显著差异。
