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Table 3 Summary of Geriatric Syndrome and Caregiver.

First author/published year Patients’ characteristics (mean age, M/F) Measurement/method Results Follow-up Study design Assessment items Kane et al/2012 [71] NA eight geriatric syndromes (multiple comorbidities, cognitive impairment, frailty, disability, malnutrition, impaired homeostasis and chronic inflammation) and survival Geriatric syndrome helps to understand the survival for younger old persons but provides little information for the very old NA systematic review geriatric assessments Svendsboe et al/2016 [73] 74.9, 72/114 caregiver burden (RSS), cognitive function (MMSE, CDR-SOB), Neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPI, MADRS, UPDRS), other variables (CIRS, RDRS-2) Caregivers to people with AD and to people with DLB experience moderate or high caregiver burden with increased risk of psychiatric disorder in early stage of dementia NA cross-sectional study caregiver