Delusions increase functional impairment in Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 393-399

  Fischer, Corinne E ^a,b,c,d   Ismail, Zahinoor ^c,e,f   Schweizer, Tom A ^b,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Behaviour; Caregiver burden; Delusions; Dementia; Functional impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSIVENESS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARANOIA; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84863867829     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339954     Document Type: Article

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