Validation of the Spanish version of the DEMQOL system

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 589-597

  Lucas Carrasco, Ramona ^a   Lamping, Donna L ^b   Banerjee, Sube ^c   Rejas, Javier ^d   Smith, Sarah C ^b   Gómez Benito, Juana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dementia; DEMQOL; DEMQOL Proxy; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEMQOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GDS 15; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; CAREGIVER; LANGUAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN;

EID: 77955289920     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000207     Document Type: Article

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