Scale to rate the severity of symptoms for subject hallucinations, as part of Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI)

Hallucination Question

2017-10-13

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: 2308-2314. The NPI, NPI-NH and NPI-Q, and all translations and derivations are under copyright protection with all rights reserved to Jeffrey L. Cummings. They are made available at no charge for all noncommercial research and clinical purposes. Use of the instrument for commercial purposes (clinical trials, screening for commercial projects, application by for-profit health care providers, etc) is subject to charge and use of the instrument must be negotiated with Dr. Cummings. (E-mail jcummings@mednet.ucla.edu or NPItest.net). Copyright Jeffrey L. Cummings (version 2.0, February 2008).

When determining severity, tell the person being interviewed "Now I would like to find out how severe these behaviors are. By severity, I mean how disturbing or disabling they are for the patient. Would you say that (the behaviors) are mild, moderate, or severe?" Additional descriptors are provided in each section that may be used to help the interviewer clarify each grade of severity.

How severe are these behaviors?. By severity, how disturbing or disabling are they for the patient. Would you say that (the behaviors) are mild, moderate, or severe?