A psychometric evaluation of a Swedish version of the Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia (QUALID) scale

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1040-1050

  Falk, Hanna ^a   Persson, Lars Olof ^a   Wijk, Helle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Late stage dementia; Psychometric evaluation; QUALID; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 35349019805     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207005777     Document Type: Article

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