Method Flashcards
Who completed the task
Caregivers of patients
What were the five domains
Eating habits Food preference Swallowing problems Appetite Oral behaviours
What was a change in appetite defined as
Increase or loss of appetite / overeating
What was change in food preference defined as
Preference to sweet foods
Changing amount or type of seasoning
Define eating habits
Changes in table manners
Eating same foods/not deviating from norm
Define oral behaviours
Eating inedible foods
Cramming
Define swallowing probs
Choking
General difficulties
How were the questions decided on
Used previous research in dementia
Common problems / patterns
How were they sure to standardise the caregivers answers
Stressed that they reported significant changes from the onset of their disease - not behaviours that occurred pre morbidly
How were caregivers asked to answer the questions
Rate severity, frequency and estimate of when became apparent since start of disease
What additional info about the patients were they asked to give
Changes in weight
What was done?
Questionnair of 36 questions covering 5 eating domains
