Melatonin fails to improve sleep or agitation in double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of institutionalized patients with alzheimer disease

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-169

  Gehrman, Philip R ^a   Connor, Donald J ^b   Martin, Jennifer L ^c,d   Shochat, Tamar ^e   Corey Bloom, Jody ^f,g   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^f,h  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agitation; Alzheimer; Dementia; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PLACEBO; CENTRAL DEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AGITATED BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHEN MANSFIELD AGITATION INVENTORY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SUSTAINED DRUG RELEASE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNITED STATES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG SCREENING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RESTLESSNESS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MELATONIN; NURSING HOMES; PLACEBOS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 60849138397     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318187de18     Document Type: Article

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