Non-cognitive symptoms of dementia in nursing homes: Frequency, course and consequences

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 637-643

  Wancata, Johannes ^a   Benda, Norbert ^a   Meise, Ulrich ^b   Windhaber, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Course; Dementia; Non cognitive symptoms; Nursing home; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOBILIZATION; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CARE; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECTIVE DISORDERS, PSYCHOTIC; AGED; AGGRESSION; AUSTRIA; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0345257088     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-003-0683-7     Document Type: Article

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