Characteristics of generalized anxiety disorder in patients with dementia

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 492-497

  Calleo, Jessica S ^a,b   Kunik, Mark E ^a,b,c   Reid, Dana ^b   Kraus Schuman, Cynthia ^a,b   Paukert, Amber ^d   Regev, Tziona ^b,e   Wilson, Nancy ^a,b   Petersen, Nancy J ^a   Snow, A Lynn ^f,g   Stanley, Melinda ^a,b,c  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research Education   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^e Quentin Mease Community Hospital   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety symptoms; dementia; dementia symptoms; differential diagnosis for generalized anxiety disorder dementia; generalized anxiety disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

EID: 84555189335     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317511426867     Document Type: Article

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