Can leisure activities slow dementia progression in nursing home residents? A cluster-randomized controlled trial

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 637-643

  Cheng, Sheung Tak ^a   Chow, Pizza K ^a   Song, You Qiang ^b   Yu, Edwin C S ^c   Lam, John H M ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized controlled trial; Cognitive decline; Dementia; Leisure activities

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANDICRAFT; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEISURE; MAHJONG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TAI CHI; VERY ELDERLY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXERCISE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAI JI;

EID: 84896366369     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213002524     Document Type: Article

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