Apathy in nursing home residents with dementia: Results from a cluster-randomized controlled trial

European Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 251-257

  Treusch, Y ^a,b,c   Majic, T ^a   Page, J ^b   Gutzmann, H ^e   Heinz, A ^d   Rapp, M A ^a,c,d  

^a St Hedwig Hospital   (Germany)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e MARTIN LUTHER KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apathy; Dementia; Non pharmacological intervention; Occupational therapy; Sport therapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VERY ELDERLY; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; GERMANY; HOME FOR THE AGED; KINESIOTHERAPY; NURSING HOME; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APATHY; BERLIN; DEMENTIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84921381570     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: 17783585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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