Functional disability in early Alzheimer's disease - A validation study of the Italian version of the Disability Assessment for Dementia scale

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-194

  De Vreese, Luc Pieter ^a   Caffarra, Paolo ^b,e   Savarè, Rita ^c   Cerutti, Renata ^c   Franceschi, Massimo ^d   Grossi, Enzo ^c   Alberoni, M ^f   Cester, A ^g   Gallucci, M ^h   Giannelli, M V ⁱ   Mecocci, P ^j   Padovani, A ^k   Perri, R ^l   Pettenati, C ^m   Stracciari, A ⁿ   Neri, M ^o  

^a Health Care Facility for Elderly   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Bracco SpA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^g Geriatric Department   (Italy)

^h CA FONCELLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^l IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^m Passirana Hospital   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease, functional disability; Disability Assessment for Dementia; Psychometric properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 38849179333     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113415     Document Type: Article

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