Prevalence and factors associated with feeding difficulty in institutionalized elderly with dementia in taiwan

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 258-261

  Chang, C C ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dementia; Feeding difficulty; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; EDINBURGH FEEDING EVALUATION IN DEMENTIA SCALE; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TAIWAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOME FOR THE AGED; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84860860003     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0158-6     Document Type: Article

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