ABSTRACT
Objective
Sexual disinhibition (SD), a neuropsychiatric symptom characterized by sexually inappropriate comments and/or behaviors, remains under identified in dementia, possibly due to a lack of standardized assessment methods. A recent systematic review of measures used to assess SD proposed four behavioral domains and identified the need for a population‐specific measure. The present study addressed this by examining the underlying factor structure of sexual disinhibition to create a new caregiver‐report measure.
Methods:
Dementia caregivers (n=622) recruited online were randomly assigned to Initial Validation (n=311) or Cross‐Validation (n=311) groups.
Results:
Initial Validation revealed five behavioral domains that served as provisional scales for cross‐validation, leading to measure development.
Conclusions:
The current study is the first to statistically evaluate the underlying factor structure of sexual disinhibition, resulting in a new measure that can help better characterize and identify SD.
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