The Neuropsychiatric Inventory-Clinician rating scale (NPI-C): Reliability and validity of a revised assessment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 984-994

  De Medeiros, K ^a,b   Robert, P ^c   Gauthier, S ^d   Stella, F ^e   Politis, A ^f   Leoutsakos, J ^b,o   Taragano, F ^g   Kremer, J ^h   Brugnolo, A ⁱ   Porsteinsson, A P ^j   Geda, Y E ^k   Brodaty, H ^l   Gazdag, G ^m   Cummings, J ⁿ   Lyketsos, C ^b,o  

^a The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^f NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^g CEMIC   (Argentina)

^h Institute Privado Kremer   (Argentina)

ⁱ DINOG   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^k MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^m Jahn Ferenc Del Pesti korhaz Budapest   (Hungary)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^o JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

agitation; Alzheimer's disease; apathy; dementia; depression; neuropsychiatric inventory; neuropsychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHORIA; EATING DISORDER; FACE VALIDITY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY CLINICIAN RATING SCALE; PHYSICIAN; RATING SCALE; SLEEP; SPEECH DISORDER; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957319896     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000876     Document Type: Article

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