Factors affecting deficit awareness in persons with dementia

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 133-139

  Snow, A Lynn ^a,c   Graham, David P ^a   Molinari, Victor A ^c   Orengo, Claudia A ^a   Doody, Rachelle S ^a   Norris, Margaret P ^b   Kunik, Mark E ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of South Florida ^*

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit awareness; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 23944498328     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000086945     Document Type: Article

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