Impact of donepezil hydrochloride on the care burden of family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's disease

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 196-203

  Hashimoto, Mamoru ^a   Yatabe, Yusuke ^a   Kaneda, Keiichiro ^a   Honda, Kazuki ^a   Ikeda, Manabu ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD); Burden; Caregiver; Donepezil.

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGER; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELUSION; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; EROSIVE GASTRITIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAUSEA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; WANDERING BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PIPERIDINES; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954439960     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2009.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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