Assessment of everyday behavior in Alzheimer's disease patients: Its significance for diagnostics and prediction of disease progression

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-158

  Bläsi, Stefan ^a   Brubacher, Dorothee ^a   Zehnder, Antoinette E ^a   Monsch, Andreas U ^a   Berres, Manfred ^b   Spiegel, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b RheinAhrCampus ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer 's disease; Behavioral scales; Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 20544464365     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153331750502000313     Document Type: Article

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