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Impact of person-centred care training and person-centred activities on quality of life, agitation,...

Impact of person-centred care training and person-centred activities on quality of life, agitation,...

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Impact of person-centred care training and person-centred activities on quality of life, agitation, and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Impact of person-centred care training and person-centred activities on quality of life, agitation, and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

Publisher

United States: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS medicine, 2018-02, Vol.15 (2), p.e1002500

Language

English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Contents

Agitation is a common, challenging symptom affecting large numbers of people with dementia and impacting on quality of life (QoL). There is an urgent need for evidence-based, cost-effective psychosocial interventions to improve these outcomes, particularly in the absence of safe, effective pharmacological therapies. This study aimed to evaluate the...

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Impact of person-centred care training and person-centred activities on quality of life, agitation, and antipsychotic use in people with dementia living in nursing homes: A cluster-randomised controlled trial

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2014499204

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2014499204

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1549-1676,1549-1277

E-ISSN

1549-1676

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1002500

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