The relationship of apathy with daily life activities, quality of life and caregiver burden in patients with dementia

Background Apathy is one of the most common neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia. The aim this study to evaluate apathy and its relationships with activities daily living, quality life caregiver burden patients Method research was conducted a descriptive analytic type. sample consisted 88 definite diagnosis dementia attending outpatient clinic university hospital Istanbul between October 2019-March 2020 their family caregivers. Depressive (assessed by Cornell Scale) paid caregivers were not included. Evaluation Scale-Clinician (AES-C) Informant (AES-I) Forms, Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Mini Mental Test (MMSE), Quality Life Alzheimer’s Disease Scale (QoL-AD), Lawton Instrumental (Lawton IADL) Katz Activities Daily Living (Katz ADL) used for Caregiver Burden (CBI) Results mean age 73.11±11.68, duration 3.9±3.1 years, 64.8% had type 53.4% (n = 47) mild-1 MMSE score 16.4±6.6, NPI-Symptom 16.6±13.7, AES-C 52.9±10.2. QoL-AD 28.8±6.1 patient evaluation 27.6±6.4 evaluation. scores correlated NPI, MMSE, ADL, Cornell, QoL-AD, CBI. found be an important predictor both patient’s QoL Conclusion In patients, associated life, burden. It recommended that evaluated apathy.