ADCS Prevention Instrument Project: Pilot testing of a book club as a psychosocial intervention and recruitment and retention strategy

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2006, Pages

  Whitehouse, Peter J ^a,b,c,d   Rajcan, Julia L ^a,b   Sami, Susie A ^a,d   Patterson, Marian B ^c,d   Smyth, Kathleen A ^a,b,d   Edland, Steven D ^e   George, Daniel R ^a,d  

^a University Memory and Aging Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Alzheimer Research Laboratory   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bibliotherapy; Book club; Prevention and dementia; Quality of life; Trial recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; READING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIBLIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; READING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845464186     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000213876.70794.c6     Document Type: Article

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