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Sleep disorders, together with behavioral disturbances and lost functions of the activities of daily living, are the most important predictor in the decision to institutionalize demented patients, as well as an important factor for patient and family discomfort (Rabins et al., 1982; Steele et al., 1990; Morriss et al., 1996). In most countries, the institutionalization of demented patients ranges from 10–70% (Preston, 1986, Ballard et al., 1995). The frequency of sleep disorders in senile dementia has not been well studied. In fact, while behavioral impairment and mood disorders were traditionally studied in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) with validated psychometric tools, no reliable scale can be used for the assessment of sleep disorders in senile dementia (Cacabelos et al., 1996). This fact has led us to elaborate a psychometric test for their evaluation: The Senile Dementia-Associated Sleep Disorders Scale (SDASDS), based upon the International Classification of Sleep Disorders (American Sleep Disorders Association).
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Sellers, A. et al. (1998). Dementia Associated Sleep Disorders. In: Fisher, A., Hanin, I., Yoshida, M. (eds) Progress in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. Advances in Behavioral Biology, vol 49. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5337-3_45
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