Contrasting results between caregiver's report and direct assessment of activities of daily living in patients affected by mild and very mild dementia: The contribution of the caregiver's personal characteristics

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 196-202

  Zanetti, Orazio ^a   Geroldi, Cristina ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a   Bianchetti, Angelo ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^a,b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADLs; Caregivers; Dementia; Functional assessment; Performance based measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; RATING SCALE; WALKING;

EID: 0032909150     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1999.tb04578.x     Document Type: Article

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