Acceptance of dementia screening in continuous care retirement communities: A mailed survey

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 780-786

  Boustani, Malaz ^a,b   Watson, Lea ^c   Fultz, Bridget ^a,b   Perkins, Anthony J ^a,b   Druckenbrod, Richard ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptance; CCRC; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Harms; Memory problem; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRUG EXPOSURE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORTH CAROLINA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0141707069     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.918     Document Type: Article

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