Correlation between actigraphy and nurses' observation of activity in dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-86

  Nagels, Guy ^a,c,d   Engelborghs, Sebastiaan ^a,b   Vloeberghs, Ellen ^a   Lemmens, Willy ^b   Pickut, Barbara A ^b   De Deyn, Peter Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d National Multiple Sclerosis Center   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING STAFF;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846325821     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1647     Document Type: Article

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