Temporal patterns of agitation in dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 395-405

  Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a,b  

^a Research Institute on Aging of the Charles E Smith Life Communities   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dementia; Sundowning; Temporal patterns

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGITATION; AGITATION BEHAVIOR MAPPING INSTRUMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAWTON MODIFIED BEHAVIOR STREAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SLEEP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESTLESSNESS; SLEEP DISORDER; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONOBIOLOGY DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447115125     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000247162.59666.68     Document Type: Article

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