Recommended measures for the assessment of behavioral disturbances associated with dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 403-415

  Jeon, Yun Hee ^a,b   Sansoni, Jan ^c,d   Low, Lee Fay ^e   Chenoweth, Lynn ^e,f   Zapart, Siggi ^b,g   Marosszeky, Nicholas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Health Outcomes Collaboration   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioral disturbances associated with dementia; dementia; outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIORAL PATHOLOGY IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE RATING SCALE; CINAHL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSORTIUM TO ESTABLISH A REGISTRY FOR ALZHEIMER DISEASE BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE FOR DEMENTIA; CONSULTATION; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA BEHAVIOR DISTURBANCE SCALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDLINE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROBEHAVIORAL RATING SCALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHIATRY INVENTORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCINFO; RATING SCALE; SCREENING; WEB BROWSER;

EID: 79955464628     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181ef7a0d     Document Type: Article

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