The relationship between pre-morbid personality and challenging behaviour in people with dementia: A systematic review

Osborne, Hannah and Simpson, Jane and Stokes, Graham (2010) The relationship between pre-morbid personality and challenging behaviour in people with dementia: A systematic review. Aging and Mental Health, 14 (5). pp. 503-515. ISSN 1360-7863

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Abstract

It has been suggested that challenging behaviour in people with dementia reflects a person's pre-morbid personality traits and a number of studies have explored this hypothesis. However, inconsistencies in outcome between studies suggest a need to review the available evidence systematically. As a result, major bibliographic databases were searched for studies examining the relationship between pre-morbid personality and challenging behaviour in order to conduct a systematic review. We included all English language studies published in referenced journals that assessed pre-morbid personality via a valid comprehensive personality measure, and also explored a relationship with challenging behaviour in people with dementia. A total of 18 studies were identified that covered a wide range of challenging behaviours including ‘wandering’, affective states, aggression, anxiety and delusions/hallucinations. Studies were assessed for their methodological quality and statistical findings. Studies lacked representative samples, were affected by confounding variables and suffered from small sample sizes. However, 72% of the studies reported significant relationships between pre-morbid personality and behaviour. In terms of specific relationships, the strongest evidence was found for a positive relationship between pre-morbid neuroticism and mood, and aggression and overall behavioural acts, thus supporting the inclusion of personality as one factor in the formulation of behaviour (Ballard, C., O’Brien, J., James, I., & Swann, A. (2001). Dementia: Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms. Oxford: Oxford University Press; Kitwood, T. (1993). Person and process in dementia: Editorial. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1, 541–545).

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Aging and Mental Health
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/health/clinicalpsychology
Subjects:
?? alzheimer's diseasebehavioural and psychological symptoms person-centred careclinical psychologygerontologygeriatrics and gerontologypsychiatry and mental healthphychiatric mental healthbf psychology ??
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56446
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Deposited On:
31 Jul 2012 13:20
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Yes
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Published
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