A STUDY TO ASSESS THE CAMBRIDGE BEHAVIOURAL INVENTORY REVISED TOOL IN SCREENING BEHAVIOURALABNORMALITIES AMONG ELDERLY POPULATION WITH DEMENTIAAT A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN KANYAKUMARI.

Background: Behavioural abnormalities and cognitive dysfunction are the major disease manifestation and its identication aids in early diagnosis and management and it plays a vital role in improving the quality of life of people with dementia. Cambridge Behavioural Inventory Revised Tool is an informant applied tool for screening behavioural abnormalities among dementia people. This study was conducted with an objective to assess the utility of CBI-R in screening of behavioural abnormalities in dementia in elderly population. Methodology: Modied, validated, self administered questionnaire of CBI-R was used. The questionnaire was translated to Tamil language and back translated to English. It was administered to a group of patients with dementia and to a comparison group of individuals without dementia. The prevalence of each behavioural abnormality among these 2 groups was compared. Result: The study shows that CBI-R (Tamil version) has good utility in screening behavioural abnormalities in dementia and has equal efcacy when compared to CBI-R in other local languages in India, CBI-R in English and also with NPI. Using CBI-R, it was observed that the 3 most common behavioural abnormalities in the study population with dementia were defects in memory, every day skills and impairment in self-care. Least common abnormality detected was change in beliefs.