Neuropsychiatric symptoms as a predictor of caregiver burden in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-110

  Allegri, Ricardo F ^a,b   Sarasola, Diego ^b   Serrano, Cecilia M ^a,b   Taragano, Fernardo E ^b   Arizaga, Raúl L ^c   Butman, Judith ^a,b   Lon, Leandro ^a,b  

^a Hospital General de Agudos Dr Abel Zubizarreta   (Argentina)

^b CEMIC University Institute   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL RAMOS MEJÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's behavior; Caregiver burden; Caregivers; Neuropsychiatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

EID: 33646047402     PISSN: 11766328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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