Anxiety, anxiety symptoms, and associations among older people with dementia in assisted-living facilities

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-201

  Neville, Christine ^a   Teri, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Assisted living; Dementia; Older people; Rating Anxiety in Dementia; Revised Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79954608955     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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