Novel occupational therapy interventions may improve quality of life in older adults with dementia

International Archives of Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kumar, Prakash ^a,b   Tiwari, Sarvada Chandra ^b   Goel, Ashish ^c   Sreenivas, Vishnubhatla ^a   Kumar, Nand ^a   Tripathi, Rakesh Kumar ^b   Gupta, Vineet ^d   Dey, Aparajit Ballave ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Occupational therapy; Quality of life; WHOQOL BREFF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DSM-IV; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84903816424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17557682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1755-7682-7-26     Document Type: Article

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