Aggressive behaviour in the Chinese elderly - Validation of the Chinese version of the rating scale for aggressive behaviour in the elderly (RAGE) in hospital and nursing home settings

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 678-681

  Lam, Linda C W ^a   Chui, Helen F K ^a   Ng, Janna ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aggression; Dementia; Long stay ward; RAGE

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0030878292     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199706)12:6<678::AID-GPS610>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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