The patient with dementia, the caregiver and the doctor: Cognition, depression and quality of life from three perspectives

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 604-610

  Arlt, Sönke ^a   Hornung, Juliane ^a   Eichenlaub, M ^a   Jahn, Holger ^a   Bullinger, Monika ^a   Petersen, Corinna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Proxy report; Quality of life; Self report

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; MEMANTINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RATING SCALE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 46749100932     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1946     Document Type: Article

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