A preliminary study on the korean version of quality of life-alzheimer's disease (qol-ad) scale in community-dwelling elderly with dementia

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-248

  Shin, Hee Young ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Quality of life; Reliability; Tool; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KOREA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33745323263     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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