Agitation in cognitive disorders: International Psychogeriatric Association provisional consensus clinical and research definition

2014346 citationsJournal Articlediamond Open Access

Authors

Jeffrey L. Cummings · Cleveland Clinic

Jacobo Mintzer · Roper St. Francis Healthcare

Henry Brodaty · UNSW Sydney

Mary Sano · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Sube Banerjee · Brighton and Sussex Medical School

D. P. Devanand · New York State Psychiatric Institute

Serge Gauthier

Abstract

A provisional consensus definition of agitation has been developed. This definition can be used to advance interventional and non-interventional research of agitation in patients with cognitive impairment.

Topics & Keywords

Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: International Psychogeriatrics

Volume 27, Issue 1, pp. 7-17

DOI: 10.1017/s1041610214001963

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