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Predictors of cognitive improvement after reality orientation in Alzheimer's disease

Author(s) -

Orazio Zanetti

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/31.3.193

Subject(s) - medicine , orientation (vector space) , cognition , euphoriant , distress , disease , mini–mental state examination , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognitive impairment , geometry , mathematics

here is increasing evidence to support the efficacy of reality orientation in cognitive deficits in patients with Alzheimer's disease. The clinical characteristics of patients who respond to reality orientation are poorly understood; this knowledge could be important, given that the provision of reality orientation therapy is labour-intensive and may provoke emotional distress.

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