Publications by authors named "Michel Ylieff"
Background/aims: This study assesses and compares prevalence of psychological and behavioral symptoms in a Belgian sample of people with and without dementia.
Methods: A total of 228 persons older than 65 years with dementia and a group of 64 non-demented persons were assessed using the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) in 2004.
Results: Within the group without dementia, the most frequent symptoms were depression, agitation, and irritability.
The aim of this descriptive study was to estimate and compare the association between cognitive decline and quality of life (QOL) for 2 groups of dementia patients differing by place of residence: home or institution. Each subject was placed within a specific subgroup according to their Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score and was evaluated by a QOL proxy-assessment [Alzheimer Disease Related Quality of Life (ADRQL)] and a dependency assessment (Katz Activities of Daily Living classification). For the "at home" and "institution" groups, global and subscale ADRQL scores showed significant differences between the 5 MMSE subgroups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: To assess the sensitivity of the 'Alzheimer's Disease Related Quality of Life' instrument (ADRQL) applied to Belgian people with dementia (n = 357), mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (n = 36), and controls (n = 72). We also determined the clinical parameters that influence the quality of life (QOL) of people with dementia.
Method: Each subject was evaluated with the ADRQL, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the cognitive scale of the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly (CAMCOG), the Katz's ADL classification (ADL), the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), the Behavior Rating Scale for Dementia (CERAD/BRSD), and the Clinical Dementia Rating/Modified (CDR-M).
Objectives: To examine the evolution of quality of life (QOL) in demented subjects at base-line, one and 2 years later and to determine clinical variables associated with QOL.
Method: Longitudinal study of a cohort of 127 subjects living at home or in a long-term care institution. A QOL measure (Alzheimer Disease Related Quality of Life; ADRQL) was administered three times.
Objectives: To examine the care tasks performed for residents of Belgian care institutions for older people and the association between the performance of care tasks by persons of different staffing categories (registered nurses (RN) and care assistants (CA)) and the characteristics (the dependency level and the diagnosis of dementia) of the residents.
Study Design And Setting: Survey on the care for residents, aged 65 or over, living in 26 care institutions for aged people.
Main Outcome Measures: Separate bivariate comparisons of care time spent on residents with and without dementia and bivariate comparisons of care time spent on six task categories on residents of different dependency levels were performed.
Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of an outcome measurement scale of the Minimum Data Set of the Resident Assessment Instrument for nursing homes (MDS/RAI-NH), the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) and the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) for the detection of cognitive impairment. The Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly--Revised (CAMDEX-R) was used as the reference standard.
Study Design And Setting: This study was part of a larger prospective study (QUALIDEM) involving a diagnostic procedure and two-year follow-up on the quality of primary care for demented patients.
Scoring clock tests for dementia screening: a comparison of two scoring methods.
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
July 2004
Objective: To compare the dementia screening performance of two scoring systems of the clock drawing test.
Methods: A sample of 1199 elderly subjects was administered the clock drawing test as part of a study on aging and dementia. The clock drawings were scored using published criteria for the two scoring systems that were compared.