Prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms and their association with functional limitations in older adults in the United States: The aging, demographics, and memory study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 330-337

  Okura, Toru ^a,c   Plassman, Brenda L ^d   Steffens, David C ^d   Llewellyn, David J ^e   Potter, Guy G ^d   Langa, Kenneth M ^b,f  

^a Geriatric Medicine   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Functional status; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AGITATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISINHIBITION; ELATION; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL IRRITATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749147033     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02680.x     Document Type: Article

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