Validated Measures of Agitation in Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of 41 Scales and Their Alignment With International Psychogeriatric Association Criteria

Dylan X. Guan, Amir AlSamsam, Arun Chinna-Meyyappan, Byron Creese, Cassandra M. Germain, Corinne E. Fischer, Dorota Kossowska-Kuhn, Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Hui Jue Wang, Jennifer Oru, Keerthana Umapathy, Krista L. Lanctôt, Lindsey I. Sinclair, Luis Agüera-Ortiz, Mariana P. Nepomuceno, Marie-Andrée Bruneau, Moyra E. Mortby, Ram J. Bishnoi, Raphael Machado Castilhos, Reeteka Sud, Samantha M. Loi, Soliu A. Atunwa, Tiffany J. Pan, Toni T. Saari, Uzochukwu Imo, Valentine A. Ucheagwu, Zahinoor Ismail

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2026.06.007
Published: 2026-11
Container: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.jagp.2026.06.007,
  title = {Validated Measures of Agitation in Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of 41 Scales and Their Alignment With International Psychogeriatric Association Criteria},
  author = {Dylan X. Guan and Amir AlSamsam and Arun Chinna-Meyyappan and Byron Creese and Cassandra M. Germain and Corinne E. Fischer and Dorota Kossowska-Kuhn and Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira and Hui Jue Wang and Jennifer Oru and Keerthana Umapathy and Krista L. Lanctôt and Lindsey I. Sinclair and Luis Agüera-Ortiz and Mariana P. Nepomuceno and Marie-Andrée Bruneau and Moyra E. Mortby and Ram J. Bishnoi and Raphael Machado Castilhos and Reeteka Sud and Samantha M. Loi and Soliu A. Atunwa and Tiffany J. Pan and Toni T. Saari and Uzochukwu Imo and Valentine A. Ucheagwu and Zahinoor Ismail},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry},
  doi = {10.1016/j.jagp.2026.06.007},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2026.06.007}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Validated Measures of Agitation in Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of 41 Scales and Their Alignment With International Psychogeriatric Association Criteria
AU  - Dylan X. Guan
AU  - Amir AlSamsam
AU  - Arun Chinna-Meyyappan
AU  - Byron Creese
AU  - Cassandra M. Germain
AU  - Corinne E. Fischer
AU  - Dorota Kossowska-Kuhn
AU  - Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira
AU  - Hui Jue Wang
AU  - Jennifer Oru
AU  - Keerthana Umapathy
AU  - Krista L. Lanctôt
AU  - Lindsey I. Sinclair
AU  - Luis Agüera-Ortiz
AU  - Mariana P. Nepomuceno
AU  - Marie-Andrée Bruneau
AU  - Moyra E. Mortby
AU  - Ram J. Bishnoi
AU  - Raphael Machado Castilhos
AU  - Reeteka Sud
AU  - Samantha M. Loi
AU  - Soliu A. Atunwa
AU  - Tiffany J. Pan
AU  - Toni T. Saari
AU  - Uzochukwu Imo
AU  - Valentine A. Ucheagwu
AU  - Zahinoor Ismail
PY  - 2026
JO  - The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
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APA

Guan, D. X., AlSamsam, A., Chinna-Meyyappan, A., Creese, B., Germain, C. M., Fischer, C. E., Kossowska-Kuhn, D., Oliveira, F. F. D., Wang, H. J., Oru, J., Umapathy, K., Lanctôt, K. L., Sinclair, L. I., Agüera-Ortiz, L., Nepomuceno, M. P., Bruneau, M., Mortby, M. E., Bishnoi, R. J., Castilhos, R. M., Sud, R., Loi, S. M., Atunwa, S. A., Pan, T. J., Saari, T. T., Imo, U., Ucheagwu, V. A., & Ismail, Z. (2026). Validated Measures of Agitation in Neurocognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of 41 Scales and Their Alignment With International Psychogeriatric Association Criteria. The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2026.06.007

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