Subsyndromal delirium in older long-term care residents: Incidence, risk factors, and outcomes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1829-1836

  Cole, Martin G ^a,b   McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Voyer, Philippe ^c   Monette, Johanne ^d   Champoux, Nathalie ^e   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b   Vu, Minh ^f   Belzile, Eric ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

incidence; long term care; outcomes; risk factors; subsyndromal delirium

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054829132     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03595.x     Document Type: Article

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