Validity and responsiveness to change of clinically derived MDS scales in Alzheimer disease outcomes research

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-72

  Smart, Kelly A ^a,b   Herrmann, Nathan ^a,b   Lanctôt, Krista L ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

agitation; cognitive impairment; depression; Minimum Data Set

Indexed keywords

MEMANTINE;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE SCALE; COHEN MANSFIELD AGITATION INVENTORY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING MINIMUM DATA SET; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD OF CARE;

EID: 79955714012     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988711402347     Document Type: Article

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