Relationship between eating disturbance and dementia severity in patients with Alzheimer's disease

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 10; no. 8; p. e0133666
• Main Authors: Kai, Kyoko, Hashimoto, Mamoru, Amano, Koichiro, Tanaka, Hibiki, Fukuhara, Ryuji, Ikeda, Manabu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 12.08.2015; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology; Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology; Alzheimer's disease; Appetite; Brain research; Caregivers; Cognitive ability; Deglutition - physiology; Dementia; Dementia - epidemiology; Dementia - physiopathology; Dementia disorders; Diabetes; Disturbance; Eating; Eating - physiology; Eating behavior; Ethics; Feeding Behavior; Female; Food; Food preferences; Geriatrics; Hospitals; Humans; Life sciences; Male; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Older people; Patients; Psychiatry; Severity of Illness Index; Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Swallowing; Japan

Eating is one of the most important daily activities in managing patients with dementia. Although various eating disturbance occur as dementia progresses, to our knowledge, most of the studies focused on a part of eating disturbance such as swallowing and appetite. There have been few comprehensive...