Assessing quality of life on Taiwanese patients with Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Fuh, Jong Ling ^a,b   Wang, Shuu Jiun ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver; Quality of life; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 32544433919     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1425     Document Type: Article

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