Factors Related to Psychotropic Drug Prescription for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 835-840

  Smeets, Claudia H W ^a   Smalbrugge, Martin ^b   Zuidema, Sytse U ^c   Derksen, Els ^a   de Vries, Erica ^a   van der Spek, Klaas ^a   Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a,d   Gerritsen, Debby L ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d Verpleeghuis Joachim en Anna   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Nursing homes; Psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COOPERATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERVIEW; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGY;

DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NETHERLANDS; NURSES; NURSING HOMES; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84908235552     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.08.016     Document Type: Article

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