Nurses making a diagnosis of dementia - A potential change in practice?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Page, Sean ^a   Hope, K ^b   Bee, P ^b   Burns, A ^b  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Dementia; Diagnosis; Memory clinic; Nurse

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 38749099810     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1831     Document Type: Article

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