Treatment of sleep disturbance in Alzheimer's dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 771-782

  Salami, Oludamilola ^a   Lyketsos, Constantine ^a   Rao, Vani ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; neuropsychiatric; sleep disturbance; symptoms

Indexed keywords

CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MELATONIN; MIRTAZAPINE; OLANZAPINE; PLACEBO; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; RIVASTIGMINE; TRAZODONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YI GAN SAN; ZIPRASIDONE;

ACTIMETRY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRIGHT LIGHT THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; META ANALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NOISE REDUCTION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; SUN EXPOSURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 79960177471     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2609     Document Type: Review

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