Use of the QOL-AD for measuring quality of life in people with severe dementia - The LASER-AD study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-135

  Hoe, Juanita ^a   Katona, Cornelius ^b   Roch, Brigitte ^c   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c Lundbeck   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Elderly; Outcome measures; Quality of life; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIVING WILL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 14744293474     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi030     Document Type: Article

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