Evaluation of personalised, one-to-one interaction using Montessori-type activities as a treatment of challenging behaviours in people with dementia: The study protocol of a crossover trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Van Der Ploeg, Eva S ^a   O'Connor, Daniel W ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kingston Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77449124802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-3     Document Type: Article

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