Impact of insomnia on self-perceived health in the elderly.

Objective: To investigate the association between self-perceived health, and sociodemographic and clinical factors in a sample of elderly outpatients in Rio de Janeiro.

Methods: A sample of 345 elderly patients was assessed with an anamnesis, Lawton and Brody's Scale, Katz Index, Geriatric Depression Scale, Timed Up and Go Test, and Study of Osteoporotic Fracture Index. Logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the predictors of self-perceived health.

The association between caregiver distress and individual neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia.

Unlabelled: Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) of dementia constitute one of the most related factors to caregiver burden and patients' early institutionalization. Few studies in Brazil have examined which symptoms are associated with higher levels of caregiver distress.

Objective: To evaluate the caregiver distress related to individual NPS in familial caregivers of patients with dementia.

Burnout in familial caregivers of patients with dementia.

Objectives: Familial caregivers of demented patients suffer from high levels of burden of care, but the literature is sparse regarding the prevalence and predictors of burnout in this group. Burnout is composed of three dimensions: emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP) and reduced personal accomplishment (RPA). We aimed to investigate the associations between burnout dimensions and the caregivers' and patients' sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

Patterns of neuropsychiatric sub-syndromes in Brazilian and Norwegian patients with dementia.

Background: Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) affect the majority of patients who have dementia. Neuropsychiatric sub-syndromes with symptoms that occur together and have common neurobiological correlates have been identified. There are scarce data regarding the comparison of the pattern of the neuropsychiatric sub-syndromes in distinct ethnical and cultural populations.

Health self-perception by dementia family caregivers: sociodemographic and clinical factors.

Unlabelled: Caring for a demented family member has been associated with burden. Studies concerning health self-perception of family caregivers are still scarce.

Objective: To investigate caregivers perceived health and to look into relationships with patients and caregivers' sociodemographic and clinical data.