Reliability and validity of the Norwegian version of the Brief Agitation Rating Scale (BARS) in dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 252-258

  Sommer, Oskar H ^a   Engedal, Knut ^b,c  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

aggression; agitation; Brief Agitation Rating Scale; Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia; dementia; Neuropsychiatric Inventory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTLESSNESS; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RURAL POPULATION; TRANSLATING;

EID: 79951872363     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.519318     Document Type: Article

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