Measurement of overall quality of life in nursing homes through self-report: The role of cognitive impairment

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1029-1037

  Gerritsen, Debby Lydia ^a   Steverink, Nardi ^b   Ooms, Marcel E ^c   De Vet, Henrica C W ^c   Ribbe, Miel W ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age related memory disorders; Long term care; Overall quality of life; Self report outcome measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 34547534129     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-007-9203-7     Document Type: Article

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