The Influence of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia on the Autonomic Nervous System - World Journal of Neuroscience

WJNS > Vol.7 No.4, November 2017

The Influence of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia on the Autonomic Nervous System ()

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DOI: 10.4236/wjns.2017.74030 957 Downloads 2,583 Views Citations

Author(s)

Daisuke Kimura¹, Ken Nakatani¹, Masako Notoya², Aiko Imai³, Taro Ohtoshi¹

Affiliation(s)

¹Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kansai University of Welfare Sciences, Osaka, Japan.
²Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences and Disorders, Kyoto Gakuen University, Kyoto, Japan.
³Division of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Care and Rehabilitation, Seijoh University, Tōkai, Japan.

ABSTRACT

Stress is one of the most potent of many factors that can cause expression of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). Stress can also increase autonomic nervous activity. This study aimed to examine the relationships between BPSD and autonomic function in the elderly with dementia. We recruited 35 participants diagnosed with dementia from nearby geriatric health service facilities. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory was used for the evaluation of BPSD, and a TAS 9 VIEW (manufactured by YKC) was used for the heart rate variability analysis to measure autonomic nervous system activity. We constructed a model in which the autonomic nervous system comprised a category and performed a structural equation modeling analysis to calculate the standardization coefficient and correlation coefficient for each factor. The results showed that the influence of BPSD resulted in suppression of sympathetic and enhancement of parasympathetic nervous system activity.

KEYWORDS

BPSD, Autonomic Nervous System Activity, Structural Equation Modeling Analysis

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Kimura, D. , Nakatani, K. , Notoya, M. , Imai, A. and Ohtoshi, T. (2017) The Influence of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia on the Autonomic Nervous System. World Journal of Neuroscience, 7, 383-390. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2017.74030.

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