Validity of the quality of well-being scale for patients with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-61

  Kerner, David N ^b   Patterson, Thomas L ^b   Grant, Igor ^b   Kaplan, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031886125     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089826439801000103     Document Type: Review

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