Leisure activities alleviate depressive symptoms in nursing home residents with very mild or mild dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 904-908

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Chow, Pizza K ^a   Yu, Edwin C S ^b   Chan, Alfred C M ^c  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cluster randomized controlled trial; Depression; leisure activities; mahjong; tai chi

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAHJONG; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866729765     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3182423988     Document Type: Article

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