Course of neuropsychiatric symptoms in residents with dementia in nursing homes over 2-year period

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1054-1065

  Wetzels, Roland B ^a,b   Zuidema, Sytse U ^a   De Jonghe, Jos F M ^c   Verhey, Frans R J ^d   Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Care Centre Rivierenland Foundation   (Netherlands)

^c Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Course; dementia; neuropsychiatric symptoms; nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOSIS; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 79751534904     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181f60fa1     Document Type: Article

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