Alzheimer's disease-associated disability: An ICF approach

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2005, Pages 1405-1413

  Muò, Rossella ^a   Schindler, Antonio ^b   Vernero, Irene ^c   Schindler, Oskar ^c   Ferrario, Ermanno ^a,d   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d BV Consolata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Disabling; ICF

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEISURE; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECREATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TECHNOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOCABULARY, CONTROLLED;

EID: 31744448742     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280500052542     Document Type: Article

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