The effects of snoezelen (multi-sensory behavior therapy) and psychiatric care on agitation, apathy, and activities of daily living in dementia patients on a short term geriatric psychiatric inpatient unit

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 357-370

  Staal, Jason A ^a,d   Sacks, Amanda ^a   Matheis, Robert ^b   Collier, Lesley ^c   Calia, Tina ^a   Hanif, Henry ^a   Kofman, Eugene S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Agitation therapy; Behavior therapy; Dementia; Multi sensory therapy; Snoezelen

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; SENSORY ART THERAPIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 41549119352     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.37.4.a     Document Type: Article

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