Neuropsychiatric symptoms of Alzheimer's disease differ in Chinese and American patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-28

  Chow, T W ^a,f   Liu, C K ^b   Fuh, J L ^c   Leung, V P Y ^d   Tai, C T ^e   Chen, Li Wen ^a   Wang, S J ^b   Chiu, H F K ^a   Lam, L C W ^a   Chen, Q L ^a   Cummings, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UCLA Alzheimer's Disease Research Center   (United States)

^f Rancho Los Amigos Alzheimer's Disease Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behavior; Caregiver; Chinese; Dementia; Ethnicity; Neuropsychiatry

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DELUSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0036161050     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.509     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Ethnicity and attitudes toward patient autonomy
2. Stage-specific prevalence of behavioral symptoms in Alzheimer's disease in a multi-ethnic community sample
3. The Neuropsychiatric Inventory: Comprehensive assessment of psychopathology in dementia
4. Working with Chinese families in the context of dementia
5. Behavioral disorders and caregivers reaction in Taiwanese patients with Alzheimer's disease
6. Can a specialty society educate its members to think differently about clinical decisions? Results of a randomized trial
7. Family experiences related to the decision to institutionalize an elderly member in Taiwan: An exploratory study
8. Korean Americans and mental health: Clinical experiences of Korean American mental health services
9. Counseling and psychotherapy with Japanese Americans
10. Mortality in relation to the decision to institutionalize an elderly member in Taiwan: An exploratory study
11. Validation study of the Chinese version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (CNPI)
12. Shifting perspectives: Filial morality revisited
13. Adaptional problems of Vietnamese refugees. Part III: Case studies in clinic and field: Adaptive and maladaptive
14. Cultural considerations in cognitive impairment disorders
15. The effects of culture on illness behavior and medical care
16. Mandarin-speaking aged Chinese in the Los Angeles area