The Influence of Telemedicine Care on the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD) Risk Factors Induced or Exacerbated During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Influence of Telemedicine Care on the Management of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD) Risk Factors Induced or Exacerbated During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The number of people with dementia worldwide is expected to increase to approximately 1.3 billion in 2050. Almost 90% of patients diagnosed with dementia suffer from behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). BPSD causes and risk factors are multiple and complex and can be responsible...

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Main Authors: Walter Barbalho Soares, Ingrid Tinôco Silvestre, Amannda Melo de Oliveira Lima, Katie Moraes de Almondes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
elderly
behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia
social isolation
caregiver burden
COVID-19
telemedicine
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.577629/full

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