title: Development of a Korean version of the behavior rating scale for dementia (BRSD-K).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to develop a Korean version of the behavior rating scale for dementia (BRSD-K) for evaluating behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The BRSD-K was administered to the informants of 268 subjects with dementia. Internal, inter-rater and test-retest reliabilities were tested. To evaluate construct validity, exploratory factor analysis was performed. To evaluate concurrent validity, Pearson correlation coefficients between BRSD-K scores and the corresponding scores of the Korean version of the neuropsychiatric inventory (NPI-K) were calculated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  BRSD-K demonstrated substantially high levels of reliabilities. Factor analysis identified seven factors, i.e. depressive symptoms, irritability/aggression, psychotic symptoms, behavioral dysregulations, sleep disturbance, inertia, and appetite. Correlations between BRSD-K and corresponding NPI-K scores were statistically significant (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  BRSD-K was found to be a reliable and valid instrument for evaluating BPSD.
authors: Department of Neuropsychiatry, Kyunggi Provincial Hospital for the Elderly, Yongin, Kyunggi-do, Korea.
authors: Jong Chul
authors: JC
authors: Youn
authors: Dong Young
authors: DY
authors: Lee
authors: Jung Hie
authors: JH
authors: Lee
authors: Ki Woong
authors: KW
authors: Kim
authors: Jin Hyeong
authors: JH
authors: Jhoo
authors: Il Han
authors: IH
authors: Choo
authors: Yong Su
authors: YS
authors: Paek
authors: Yong Ho
authors: YH
authors: Jeon
authors: Kwan Woo
authors: KW
authors: Seo
authors: Jong Inn
authors: JI
authors: Woo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003704:Dementia / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology