Agitation and aggressiveness among the elderly population living in nursing or retirement homes in France

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 405-416

  Légger, Jean Marie ^a,h   Moulias, Robert ^b   Robert, Philippe ^c   Vellas, Bruno ^d   Chapuy, Paul Henri ⁱ   Monfort, Jean Claude ^e   Khoshnood, Babak ^f   Bouee, Stéphane ^f   Rebah, Nadjib ^g   Gerard, Daniel ^g  

^a University Psychiatric Department   (France)

^b HÔPITAL CHARLES FOIX   (France)

^c PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Hopital Albert Chenevier   (France)

^f CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^g SANOFI   (France)

^h Service Hospitalo Universitaire de Psychiatrie Adulte   (France)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Aggressiveness; Agitation; Behavior; Elderly; Epidemiology; Nursing home; Retrospective study

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSING HOME; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETIREMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0345700678     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610202008591     Document Type: Article

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