Improving Well-being and Health for People with Dementia (WHELD): Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Whitaker, Rhiannon ^a   Fossey, Jane ^b   Ballard, Clive ^c   Orrell, Martin ^d   Moniz Cook, Esme ^e   Woods, Robert T ^a   Murray, Joanna ^c   Stafford, Jane ^b   Knapp, Martin ^f   Romeo, Renee ^f   Carlton, Barbara W ^g   Testad, Ingelin ^c   Khan, Zunera ^c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^g ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic medication; Behavioural symptoms; Cost effectiveness; Dementia care homes; Implementation; Person centred care; Quality of life; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STUDY DESIGN; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME FOR THE AGED; IN SERVICE TRAINING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904075421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-284     Document Type: Article

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