Agitation in nursing home residents: The role of gender and social context

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 495-511

  Burgio, Louis D ^a   Butler, Frieda R ^b   Roth, David L ^c   Michael Hardin, J ^c   Hsu, Chuan Chieh ^c   Ung, Kim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGITATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TOUCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOUCH;

EID: 0034481257     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020000661X     Document Type: Article

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