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Abstract
Caregivers of Alzheimer's disease patients provided characterizations of the patients' premorbid personality traits and current personality traits on two occasions nearly 1 year apart. Characterizations of pre-illness personality traits did not differ between the two assessments. Changes in personality over the year were found for neuroticism, extraversion, and conscientiousness. The findings support the reliability of observer's descriptions of premorbid personality using the NEO-PI and the sensitivity of the instrument to personality change in dementia.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7986486 DOI: 10.1097/00002093-199408030-00003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord ISSN: 0893-0341 Impact factor: 2.703