The disability assessment for dementia scale: A 12-month study of functional ability in mild to moderate severity Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 89-95

  Feldman, Howard ^a,e   Sauter, A ^a   Donald, A ^a   Gelinas I ^b   Gauthier, S ^c   Torfs, K ^d   Parys, W ^d   Mehnert, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability Assessment for Dementia scale; Disease course; Functional disability; Long term studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PIPERIDINES; PSYCHOMETRICS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0035004726     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200104000-00008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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