Effects of multimodal nondrug therapy on dementia symptoms and need for care in nursing home residents with degenerative dementia: A randomized-controlled study with 6-month follow-up

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 830-840

  Luttenberger, Katharina ^a   Donath, Carolin ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Graessel, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

behavior; dementia; nonpharmacological intervention; nursing home; randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING HOMES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84861230114     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03938.x     Document Type: Article

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