The impact of subject/respondent characteristics on a proxy-rated quality of life instrument for the Japanese elderly with dementia

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 845-855

  Yamamoto Mitani, N ^a   Abe, T ^b   Okita, Y ^c   Hayashi, K ^d   Sugishita, C ^e   Kamata, K ^f  

^a TBI Rehabilitation Research Center   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Obu Dementia Care Res Train Ctr   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MIE PREFECTURAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Dementia; Japan; Quality of life; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAY CARE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PROXY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 1942473553     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000021691.21667.1f     Document Type: Article

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