A multicentre RCT on community occupational therapy in Alzheimer's disease: 10 sessions are not better than one consultation

BMJ Open

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Voigt Radloff, Sebastian ^a   Graff, Maud ^b   Leonhart, Rainer ^c   Schornstein, Katrin ^c   Jessen, Frank ^d   Bohlken, Jens ^e   Metz, Brigitte ^f   Fellgiebel, Andreas ^g   Dodel, Richard ^h   Eschweiler, Gerhard ⁱ   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra ^b   Rikkert, Marcel Olde ^b   Hüll, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^f Klinik für Geriatrie und Geriatrisches Zentrum Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^h PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84867331553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000096     Document Type: Article

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