Takeaway
The novel Behavioral and Psychological Symptom of Dementia assessment tool, Thai version (BPSD-T), correlated well with the established Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) for assessing behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), required less time to administer and had high inter-rater and test–retest reliabilities.
Why this matters
Current tools for assessing BPSD are complex and time consuming, limiting their uptake in clinical practice and leading to late recognition of symptoms with negative clinical sequalae.
Use of the simpler BPSD-T in clinical practice has the potential to facilitate earlier recognition and targeted intervention for BPSD, leading to improved care for people with dementia (PwD) and reduced caregiver burden.