Self-rated health in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease: Baseline data from the Danish Alzheimer Intervention Study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Waldorff, Frans Boch ^a,b   Nielsen, Anni B S ^a   Waldemar, Gunhild ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Outcome assessment; Self rated health status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF RATED HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 70450224278     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.12.010     Document Type: Article

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