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Facilitating the Measurement and Treatment of Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) and Understanding Caregiver Burden Using Wearable Devices in Rural Taiwan - Protocol for a Dyadic Feasibility Pilot Study

2026-01-22 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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IntroductionAlzheimers disease (AD) prevalence rises with societal ageing. In clinical care, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)--including depression, agitation/aggression, apathy, and sleep disturbance--worsen patients quality of life and substantially increase caregiver burden, more significantly than the cognitive symptoms. Standard BPSD assessments rely on caregiver-rated questionnaires that are cross-sectional and may be biased when caregivers are themselves older adul...

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