Farsi version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory: Validity and reliability study among Iranian elderly with dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 223-230

  Malakouti, Seyed Kazem ^a   Panaghi, Lili ^b   Foroughan, Mahshid ^c   Salehi, Masoumeh ^d   Zandi, Taher ^e  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Shahid Beheshti Univesity   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Iran Alzheimer Association   (Iran)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; elderly; Iran; neuropsychiatric inventory; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; EUPHORIA; FARSI VERSION OF NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVIEW; IRAN; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYNDROME SCALE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84555197299     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001797     Document Type: Article

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