Can caregivers be used in assessing oral health-related quality of life among patients hospitalized for acute medical conditions?

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-33

  Zhu, H W ^a   McGrath, C ^a,c   McMillan, A S ^a   Li, L S W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUNG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c NONE   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Medially compromised; Oral health; Proxies; Quality of life; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF EVALUATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STROKE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENTS; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STROKE;

EID: 38348998611     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2006.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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