The relationship between two scales measuring aggressive behaviour among elderly nursing home residents

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 628-631

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   Chiu, Edmond ^a   Ames, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Behaviour disturbance; Elderly; Nursing homes; Rating scales; Violence

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; RATING SCALE; STAFF TRAINING;

AGED; AGGRESSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 0030807068     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199706)12:6<628::AID-GPS557>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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