Psychotropic Medications in Incontinent Nursing Home Residents: Association with Sleep and Bed Mobility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 788-792

  Alessi, Cathy A ^a,c   Schnelle, John F ^a   Traub, Shauna ^a   Ouslander, Joseph G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging   (United States)

^c Veterans Affairs South Central Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DECUBITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; SLEEP; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0029069191     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1995.tb07052.x     Document Type: Article

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