Transcultural adaptation and psychometric validation of a French-language version of the QoL-AD

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 593-600

  Wolak, Aurore ^a,b   Novella, Jean Luc ^a,b   Drame, Moustapha ^a,b   Guillemin, Francis ^c,d,e   Di Pollina, Laura ^f   Ankri, Jol ^g,h   Aquino, Jean Pierre ⁱ   Morrone, Isabella ^a,b   Blanchard, Francois ^a,b   Jolly, Damien ^a,b  

^a et Réadaptation des Sujets Fragiles)   (France)

^b HÔPITAL MAISON BLANCHE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^g ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^h LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

ⁱ Clinique de la Porte Verte   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; French version; Psychometric validation; QoL AD; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70350041796     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860902774386     Document Type: Article

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