Integrating patient and informant reports on the Cornell-Brown Quality-of-Life Scale

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 528-534

  Ready, Rebecca E ^a   Ott, Brian R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Instrumental activities of daily living; Memory problems; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNELL BROWN SCALE FOR QUALITY OF LIFE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 38749087991     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317507307032     Document Type: Article

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