Relationship between care dependency and behavioral symptoms among elderly in-patients with Alzheimer's disease in Japan and the Netherlands

SAGE Open Medicine
Ate DijkstraTomohiro Saegusa

Abstract

This study investigates the influence of personal characteristics and health-related variables on the care dependency status among elderly in-patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease in two countries. A descriptive cross-cultural survey was administered to a convenience sample of 137 elderly in-patients. Patients were recruited from a hospital in Japan (N = 77) and from a nursing home in the Netherlands (N = 60). In both countries, almost all participants are assessed on the severity level of care dependency in the range of "completely care dependent" (Japan: 35.1%; the Netherlands: 20.0%), or "to a great extent care dependent" (Japan: 24.7%; the Netherlands: 45.0%), to "partially care dependent" (Japan: 22.1%; the Netherlands: 21.7%). This study demonstrates that there is no interdependence between the severity level of care dependency and personal characteristics of patients with Alzheimer's disease in both countries. Regarding the interplay of health-related variables on the severity level of care dependency, a difference was found between countries.

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