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There are two stages to making a diagnosis of dementia: establishing the presence of a dementia syndrome and determining the likely cause.
Conducting interviews is one of the most common ways of collecting data in healthcare research.
Surveys and questionnaires are often used in nursing research to elicit the views of large groups of people to develop the nursing knowledge base.
This article describes case study research for nursing and healthcare practice.
The clinical features of dementia are usually considered in two groups: cognitive and non-cognitive symptoms.
This article describes action research as a methodology and gives two examples of its application to nursing and health services research.
This article details a collaborative research project undertaken in an acute NHS foundation trust, in partnership with a local higher education institution
The Delphi technique is often used when consensus views of experts are sought in nursing education, management and clinical work.
Dementia is a consequence of brain disease.
Narrative is a term used in everyday life. While it refers to a spoken or written account or story, it is also an increasingly popular research method.
Recent military conflicts have provided new challenges for Defence Medical Services, and the specialty of infection prevention and control has not been exem
This article is the first in a series of articles on dementia and is intended as an introduction to the condition, discussing how it is defined and the different types of disease.
A focus group is usually understood as a group of people brought together by a researcher to interact as a group. Focus group research explicitly uses interaction as part of its methodology.
<p>A NEW SERIES of articles in Nursing Standard, starting this week, aims to help nurses understand the multifaceted nature of dementia.
Ethnography is a methodology that is gaining popularity in nursing and healthcare research. It is concerned with studying people in their cultural context and how their behaviour, either as individuals or as part of a group, is influenced by this cultural context.
National and international guidelines recommend the use of clinical assessments and interventions to prevent pressure-related skin damage.
As patients increasingly care for themselves at home, they require accessible information to enable informed self-care.
