Persistent cognitive decline in older hospitalized patients in Taiwan

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1991-2001

  Chen, Cheryl Chia Hui ^a   Chang, Yue Cune ^b   Huang, Guan Hua ^c   Peng, Jui Hua ^d   Tseng, Chien Ning ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acute care; Cognitive decline; Cognitive impairment; Nursing; Older hospitalized people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CONVALESCENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROGNOSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 77955261465     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05382.x     Document Type: Article

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