Non-pharmacologic treatment of insomnia in person with dementia

Geriatrics

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 22-26

  Shub, Denis ^a   Darvishi, Roham ^a,b   Kunik, Mark E ^a,c,d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies   (United States)

^d Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Circadian rhythm; Dementia; Insomnia; Light therapy; Sleep hygiene

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE; HABIT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP HYGIENE; SYMPTOM; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DRUG COMBINATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; MIANSERIN; MIRTAZAPINE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEMENTIA; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIANSERIN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PYRIDINES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 63049096977     PISSN: 0016867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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