Self-destructive behaviors in nursing home residents

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 354-358

  Draper, Brian ^a,b,c   Brodaty, Henry ^c   Low, Lee Fay ^c   Richards, Vicki ^c   Paton, Helen ^c   Lie, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Harmful behavior; Nursing home; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING HOMES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036166255     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50070.x     Document Type: Article

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