Six-month outcomes of co-occurring delirium, depression, and dementia in long-term care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2296-2302

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Cole, Martin G ^b   Voyer, Philippe ^c   Monette, Johanne ^b,d   Champoux, Nathalie ^e   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b   Vu, Minh ^f,g   Belzile, Eric ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Center   (Canada)

^e CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^g CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive decline; delirium; dementia; depression; functional decline; long term care; mortality

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84918784709     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13159     Document Type: Article

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