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People with dementia in nursing home research: a methodological review of the definition and identification of the study population

BACKGROUND: There are various definitions and diagnostic criteria for dementia, leading to discrepancies in case ascertainment in both clinical practice and research. We reviewed the different definitions, approaches and measurements used to operationalize dementia in health care studies in German n...

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Autores principales: Palm, Rebecca, Jünger, Saskia, Reuther, Sven, Schwab, Christian G. G., Dichter, Martin N., Holle, Bernhard, Halek, Margareta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4823911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27052960
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0249-7