[Non-cognitive aspects of dementia].
OBJECTIVE
To observe the frequency of various psychiatric disorders (depressive disorders, anxiety state and paraphrenic-paranoid disorders).


METHODS
This study includes the 'cases' of dementia detected in an epidemiological field study done door-to-door, double phased and including non-institutionalized persons aged over 69 years in a rural area. All diagnoses were done by CAMDEX and on these criteria.


RESULTS
Depressive disorder was diagnosed in 26.5% studied, paraphrenic or paranoid disorder in 14% and anxiety state in 6.5%. Depression and paraphrenic-paranoid disorder were not associated with the severity of the dementia, whilst anxiety state was more commonly seen in mild dementia. Paraphrenic-paranoid disorders were commoner in women than in men.


CONCLUSIONS
The considerable prevalence of other psychiatric diagnoses in persons with dementia shows that non-cognitive symptoms are common in these patients.
Vilalta-Franch
J
J
Unidad de Demencias, Hospital Santa Caterina, Girona, España.
Llinàs-Reglà
J
J
López-Pousa
S
S
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Aspectos no cognitivos de las demencias.