Nursing home structure and association with agitation and use of psychotropic drugs in nursing home residents in three countries: Norway, Austria and England

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 725-731

  Testad, I ^a,b   Auer, S ^c   Mittelman, M ^d   Ballard, C ^e   Fossey, J ^e   Donabauer, Y ^c   Aarsland, D ^a,b  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c MAS Alzheimerhilfe ^*  (Austria)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agitation; Cross culture; Dementia; Nursing home structure; Psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRIA; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77953630648     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2414     Document Type: Article

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