Quality of life in dementia: A 2-year follow-up study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1201-1207

  Missotten, Pierre ^a   Ylieff, Michel ^a   Di Notte, David ^a   Paquay, Louis ^b   De Lepeleire, Jan ^b   Buntinx, Frank ^b   Fontaine, Ovide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Longitudinal study; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE FOR DEMENTIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING MODIFIED; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; KATZ INDEX; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 37348999862     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1814     Document Type: Article

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