Demographic and medication characteristics of traditional Chinese medicine users among dementia patients in Taiwan: A nationwide database study

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-115

  Lin, Shun Ku ^a,b   Tsai, Yueh Ting ^a   Lai, Jung Nien ^a,b   Wu, Chien Tung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Behavioral and psychological symptoms related to dementia; Benzodiazepine; Chinese herbal product; Chinese medicine; Database; Dementia; National Health Insurance Research; Traditional

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BAN XIA BAI ZHU TIAN MA TANG; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BU ZHONG YI QI TANG; CHAI HU JIA LONG GU MU LI TANG; CHUAN XIONG CHA TIAO SAN; GAN MAI DA ZAO TANG; HERBACEOUS AGENT; JIA WEI XIAO YAO SAN; LING GUI ZHU GAN TANG; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NOOTROPIC AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; QI JU DI HUANG WAN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SUAN ZAO REN TANG; TIAN WANG BU XIN DAN; TRANQUILIZER; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINESE MEDICINE; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HERB DRUG INTERACTION; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INJURY; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; NEOPLASM; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASITOSIS; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SEX RATIO; SKIN DISEASE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TAIWAN; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSURANCE; PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; TAIWAN;

EID: 84919785854     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2014.12.015     Document Type: Article

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