Effects of multisensory therapy on agitated behaviours and cognition of geriatric patients with schizophrenia in a long-term care setting - an experimental study.
Objectives: To examine the effect of multisensory therapy in reducing the frequency of agitated behaviors and improving cognition of the geriatric patients with schizophrenia. DESIGN: Experimental pretest posttest control group design. SETTING: Long-term care setting of a state psychiatric hospital....
| Publicado en: | Singapore Nursing Journal Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 24 - 36 |
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Singapore Nurses Association
Jul-Sep2011
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