The course of neuropsychiatric symptoms in nursing-home patients with dementia over a 53-month follow-up period

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-91

  Selbæk, Geir ^a,b   Engedal, Knut ^a,c,d   Benth, Jurate Šaltyte ^a,b,d   Bergh, Sverre ^a,c  

^a INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^b AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dementia; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Nursing home; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING HABIT; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY SCALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOM; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PHYSICAL SELF MAINTENANCE SCALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGGRESSION; APATHY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84890014554     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213001609     Document Type: Article

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