Association between activity level and changes in bodyweight in dementia patients

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 170-174

  Miyoshi, Rumiko ^a   Yamakawa, Miyae ^a   Shigenobu, Kazue ^b   Makimoto, Kiyoko ^a   Zhu, Canqun ^a   Segawa, Nanae ^a   Ashida, Nobuyuki ^c   Tabushi, Kaoru ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Asakayama Hospital   (Japan)

^c KOSHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activity level; Changein body weight; Dementia; Food intake; Integrated circuit (IC) tag monitoring system; Monitoring; Wandering

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY NURSING HOME VERSION SCORE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 56849123487     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2008.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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