Nursing Home Residents with Dementia and Very Frequent Agitation: A Particular Group.

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Abstract

Although many nursing home residents with dementia show agitation, hardly any literature is published about very frequent agitation. The WAALBED-III study focuses on the 2-week prevalence and correlates of very frequent agitation in these residents.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Geriatr Psychiatry

Title: The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1545-7214

ISSN (Print): 1064-7481

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2017

Volume: 25

Issue: 12

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Primary and Community Care, Center for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboudumc Alzheimer Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: annelies.veldwijk-rouwenhorst@radboudumc.nl.

[2 ] Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

[3 ] Department of Primary and Community Care, Center for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboudumc Alzheimer Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

[4 ] Department of Primary and Community Care, Center for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

[5 ] Department of General Practice and Elderly Care Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

[6 ] Department of Primary and Community Care, Center for Family Medicine, Geriatric Care and Public Health, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Radboudumc Alzheimer Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; De Waalboog, Center for Specialized Geriatric Care "Joachim en Anna", Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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Publisher Item ID: S1064-7481(17)30417-7

DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2017.08.002

PubMed ID: 28886978

SO-VID: 3518f81b-969f-4cb1-919c-847ae2f0f42f

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Keywords: dementia,very frequent,residents,nursing home,Agitation

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Keywords: dementia, very frequent, residents, nursing home, Agitation

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