A review of quality of life instruments used in dementia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 675-686

  Ettema, Teake P ^a,d   Dröes, Rose Marie ^b   Lange, Jacomine De ^c   Mellenbergh, Gideon J ^b   Ribbe, Miel W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dementia; Dementia specific QOL; Measures; Quality of life (QOL)

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CAREGIVERS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 17744392401     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-1258-0     Document Type: Review

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