Evaluation of three aggression/agitation behaviour rating scales for use on an acute admission and assessment psychogeriatric ward

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 415-420

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   Evans, Heather ^b   Parkash, Nimmi ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agitation; Psychogeriatrics; Scales

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGGRESSION; EVALUATION STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0031865566     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199806)13:6<415::AID-GPS788>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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