The Neuropsychiatric Symptom Profile of Mild Dementia With Lewy Bodies

Abstract

Introduction: Neuropsychiatric symptoms are often considered late manifestations of dementia and can be neglected during early clinical assessments. Besides visual hallucinations, less is known about other neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). We aimed to 1) describe neuropsychiatric symptoms and associated caregiver distress in mild DLB; 2) describe neuropsychiatric symptoms stratified by dementia stage within the included participants. Methods: Individuals with probable DLB and their caregivers underwent clinical and neuropsychiatric assessments. Clinical Dementia Rating Global Score (CDR-G) of 0.5 (denoting “very mild dementia”) was used to stratify the partic..