The frequency and correlates of anxiety in patients with first-time diagnosed mild dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1771-1778

  Hynninen, Minna J ^a   Breitve, Monica H ^b   Rongve, Arvid ^b   Aarsland, Dag ^c,d   Nordhus, Inger Hilde ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

anxiety; dementia; psychogeriatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; PARKINSON DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866659648     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001020     Document Type: Article

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