Neuropsychiatric profiles of patients with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in Taiwan

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 570-577

  Hsieh, Chia Jung ^a   Chang, Chia Chi ^a   Lin, Chia Chin ^b  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dementia subtypes; Neuropsychiatric inventory; Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NIGHTMARE; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP DISORDERS; TAIWAN;

EID: 67649354792     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2156     Document Type: Article

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