The Spanish version of the dementia quality of life questionnaire: A validation study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 482-489

  Lucas Carrasco, Ramona ^a,b   Gómez Benito, Juana ^b   Rejas, Javier ^c   Brod, Meryl ^d  

^a CRE Alzheimer Salamanca   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

^d Brod Group   (United States)

Author keywords

dementia; DQoL; quality of life; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 79956202451     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.543658     Document Type: Article

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