Quality of life in dementia patients in Athens, Greece: Predictive factors and the role of caregiver-related factors

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-403

  Mougias, Antonis A ^a   Politis, Antonis ^b   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^c   Mavreas, Venetsanos G ^d  

^a Alzheimer Center of the Greek Psychogeriatric Association Nestor   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

ADRQL; Alzheimer's disease; burden

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE SCALE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79960581967     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001262     Document Type: Article

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