Assessment of competence of demented patients in situations of everyday life with the DAFS (Direct Assessment of Functional Status): Objectivity, temporal stability and validity of a German version;Quantifizierung demenzbedingter Beeintrachtigungen des Alltagsverhaltens mit dem DAFS (Direct Assessment of Functional Status): Reliabilitat und Validitat einer deutschen Testversion

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 216-222

  Hochrein, A ^a   Jonitz, L ^a   Hock, C ^a   Bell, V ^b   Plaum, E ^c   Engel, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DuPont de Nemours GmbH   (Germany)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; aged; Alzheimer disease diagnosis; dementia; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMAN; RELIABILITY; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030144269     PISSN: 0044281X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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