The impact of lockdown during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak on behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.
Arianna ManiniMichela BrambillaLaura MaggioreSimone PomatiLeonardo PantoniPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2021)
This is one of the first studies to investigate the presence of BPSD during SARS-CoV-2 outbreak and related nationwide lockdown, showing only slight, likely not clinically relevant, differences in BPSD burden, concerning mostly agitation and aggression, anxiety, apathy and indifference, and irritability.