Assessing neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia: A systematic review of measures

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1805-1848

  Gitlin, Laura N ^a   Marx, Katherine A ^a   Stanley, Ian H ^a   Hansen, Bryan R ^a   Van Haitsma, Kimberly S ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Abramson Senior Care   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Assessments; Behaviors; Dementia; Measures; Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGITATION; ANXIETY; APATHY; APPETITE DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISINHIBITION; DYSPHORIA; EUPHORIA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); IRRITABILITY; LOCOMOTION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEER REVIEW; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOCALIZATION; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; AGED; COMPLICATION; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84911433633     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214001537     Document Type: Review

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