Neuropsychiatric symptoms and syndromes in institutionalized elderly people without dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 425-434

  Cravello, Luca ^a   Palmer, Katie ^a   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Spalletta, Gianfranco ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

cluster analysis; factor analysis; NPI; predictors; residential facilities

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGITATION; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; IRRITABILITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SCORING SYSTEM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HOME FOR THE AGED; ITALY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SYNDROME;

EID: 79960596044     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001304     Document Type: Article

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