Effects on Symptoms of Agitation and Depression in Persons With Dementia Participating in Robot-Assisted Activity: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 867-873

  Jøranson, Nina ^a   Pedersen, Ingeborg ^a   Rokstad, Anne Marie Mork ^b,c   Ihlebæk, Camilla ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b VESTFOLD HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^d ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agitation; Dementia; Depression; Group activity; Nursing home; Paro

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGICAL THERAPEUTIC DEVICE; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DEVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NORWAY; RESTLESSNESS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84944154306     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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