Patterns of neuropsychiatric sub-syndromes in Brazilian and Norwegian patients with dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 228-235

  Truzzi, Annibal ^a,b   Ulstein, Ingun ^b   Valente, Letice ^a   Engelhardt, Eliasz ^a   Freire Coutinho, Evandro Silva ^c   Laks, Jerson ^a   Engedal, Knut ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; dementia; neuropsychiatric sub syndromes; neuropsychiatric symptoms; vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NORWAY; OUTPATIENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; APATHY; BRAZIL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84871475548     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001640     Document Type: Article

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