Psychosis of Alzheimer disease: Prevalence, incidence, persistence, risk factors, and mortality

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1135-1143

  Vilalta Franch, Joan ^a,b   López Pousa, Secundino ^a,b   Calvó Perxas, Laia ^a   Garre Olmo, Josep ^a,c  

^a Hospital de Santa Caterina   (Spain)

^b Dementia Unit   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Cohort studies; Delusions; Hallucinations; Mortality; Psychotic disorders; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; GALANTAMINE; RIVASTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELUSIONAL MISIDENTIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JEALOUS DELUSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSECUTORY DELUSION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSIS OF ALZHEIMER DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DELUSIONS; HALLUCINATIONS; MORTALITY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84888638246     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.051     Document Type: Article

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