KINGSTON STANDARDIZED BEHAVIOURAL ASSESSMENT

Community [KSBA(comm)] and Long Term Care [KSBA(LTC)] Forms

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Since progressive dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease are characterized by behavioural as well as cognitive disturbances, the Kingston Standardized Behavioural Assessment was designed to complement cognitive assessment tools such as the KSCAr, by providing an indication of the number of behavioural symptoms associated with dementia which are currently affecting an individual. Since both the placement and introduction of home support services, not to mention caregiver stress, are almost always triggered by behavioural and not cognitive issues, a behavioural analysis of the individual is of great importance and not something that can be gained as easily or systematically from other sources. The KSBA comes in 2 forms: one for the community living individual - KSBA(comm), and a version more suitable for use in long term care settings - KSBA(LTC).

It should be noted that the most recent UPDATE includes an expanded ANALYSIS page for both forms to allow analysis of both neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric behaviours (in addition to Total scores), the use of Cumulative Percent rather than percentages (as much of the data is not normally distributed), updated Examples, and separate user manuals for both Community and Long Term Care forms.

Hopkins R, Kilik L, Day D, Bradford L, Rows C. (2006) "Kingston Standardized Behavioural Assessment." The American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 21: 339-346.

Kilik L, Hopkins R, Day D, Prince C, Prince P, Rows C. (2008) "The progression of behaviour in dementia: An in-office guide for clinicians." The American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias, 23:242-249.)

Amanullah, S., MacDougall, K., Sweeney, N., Coffin, J., & Cole, J. (2013). “Synthetic cannabinoids

in dementia with agitation: Case studies and literature review.” Clinical Neuropsychiatry, 10,

142-147.*

* In this paper in several places the KSBA is incorrectly referred to as the "Kensington", not the Kingston Standardized Behavioural Assessment.

Hopkins, RW, David, MM, Kilik, LA. (2014) "A Re-examination of Behaviour in Depression: Have We
    Grossly Underestimated the Extent and Impact of the Behavioural Suffering?" Canadian Journal
          of Behavioural Science, 46:456-463. doi: 10. 1037/a0035527

Kilik LA, & Hopkins RW. (2019) “The Relationship between Caregiver Stress and Behavioural
          Changes in Dementia.” OBM Geriatrics, 3(2):1-16      doi:10.21926/obm.geriatr.1902052.

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