Caregivers' estimation of patients' quality of life (QoL) in Alzheimer's disease (AD): An approach using the ADRQL

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-18

  León Salas, Beatriz ^a   Olazarán, Javier ^a,b   Muñiz, Ruben ^b   González Salvador, Ma Teresa ^c   Martínez Martín, Pablo ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b Maria Wolff Foundation   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver burden; Cognition; Functional status; Mood; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CAREGIVER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79958009492     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.05.021     Document Type: Article

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