Effect of antipsychotic withdrawal on behavior and sleep/wake activity in nursing home residents with dementia: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded study: The Bergen district nursing home study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1737-1743

  Ruths, Sabine ^a   Straand, Jørund ^b   Nygaard, Harald A ^a   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a   Pallesen, Ståle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Antipsychotic drug withdrawal; Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

HALOPERIDOL; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; RISPERIDONE;

ACTIMETRY; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP DISORDER; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 6944229660     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52470.x     Document Type: Article

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