Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Nervous system diseases
Psychiatry/psychology
- Disease:
Dementia
- Objective:
To assess changes in the patient's behavior that have appeared since the onset of the dementia (NPI and NPI-NH)
To identify clinically significant neuropsychiatric disturbances and their associated impact on caregivers (NPI-Q)
- Population for intended use:
Adult
Geriatrics
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Signs and symptoms
- Administration mode:
Interviewer-administered
Nurse-rated
Proxy-rated
Self-administered
[
NPI: Interview conducted with the patient's caregiver
NPI-NH: Interview conducted with professional caregivers
NPI-Q: Instrument completed by the patient's caregiver ]
- Number of items:
12
[ each item is identified through 7 to 9 behaviors (Yes/No) ]
- Recall/Observation period:
Over the previous month
NPI-NH: Since the onset of the illness
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the USA
- List of existing translations:
The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.
NPI
| Afrikaans | English for India | Italian for Italy | Serbian |
| Bengali | English for New Zealand | Japanese for Japan | Slovak |
| Bulgarian | English for Singapore | Kannada | Spanish for Argentina |
| Cantonese | English for South Africa | Korean | Spanish for Chile |
| Cantonese for Hong Kong | English for the UK | Malayalam | Spanish for Colombia |
| Chinese for Hong Kong | Estonian | Marathi | Spanish for Mexico |
| Chinese for Singapore | Finnish for Finland | Norwegian for Norway | Spanish for Peru |
| Chinese for Taiwan | French for Belgium | Polish for Poland | Spanish for Spain |
| Croatian | French for Canada | Portuguese for Brazil | Spanish for the USA |
| Czech | French for France | Portuguese for Portugal | Swedish for Sweden |
| Danish for Denmark | German for Germany | Punjabi | Tamil |
| Dutch for Belgium (Flemish) | Greek | Romanian | Telugu |
| Dutch for the Netherlands | Gujarati | Russian for Estonia | Turkish for Turkey |
| English for Australia | Hebrew | Russian for Israel | Ukrainian |
| English for Canada | Hindi for India | Russian for Russia | |
| English for Hong Kong | Hungarian | Russian for Ukraine |
NPI-NH
| Czech* | Finnish for Finland* | German for Switzerland* | Polish for Poland* |
| Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* | French for Belgium* | Hebrew* | Russian for Israel* |
| Dutch for the Netherlands | French for Canada* | Italian for Italy* | Russian for Russia* |
| Estonian | French for France* | Norwegian for Norway* | Spanish for Spain* |
NPI-Q
| Czech* | English for the UK* | Hungarian* | Spanish for Argentina* |
| Danish for Denmark* | Finnish for Finland* | Italian for Italy* | Spanish for Mexico* |
| Dutch for Belgium (Flemish)* | French for Belgium* | Japanese for Japan | Spanish for Spain* |
| Dutch for the Netherlands* | French for Canada* | Polish for Poland* | Spanish for the USA* |
| English for Australia* | French for France* | Portuguese for Brazil* | Swedish for Sweden* |
| English for Canada* | German for Germany* | Russian for Russia* | Turkish for Turkey |
* Performed by the MAPI Institute
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
NPI Cummings JL, Mega M, Gray K, Rosenberg-Thompson S, Carusi DA, Gornbein J. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory: comprehensive assessment of psychopathology in dementia. Neurology 1994; 44(12): 2308-2314
NPI-NH Wood S, Cummings JL, Hsu MA, Barclay T, Wheatley MV, Yarema KT, Schnelle JF. The use of the neuropsychiatric inventory in nursing home residents. Characterization and measurement. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2000 Winter;8(1):75-83
NPI-Q Kaufer DI, Cummings JL, Ketchel P, Smith V, MacMillan A, Shelley T, Lopez OL, DeKosky ST. Validation of the NPI-Q, a brief clinical form of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2000 Spring;12(2):233-9 (Full text article)
Last update: March 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: December 2007
Original version developed in 1994. NPI-NH (for use in nursing homes) and NPI-Q (brief clinical form) developed in 2000.
Exists also in 10-item version