Validity, reliability, and feasibility of a quality of life questionnaire for people with dementia;Validität, Reliabilität und Anwendbarkeit eines Lebensqualitätsfragebogens für Menschen mit Demenz

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 405-410

  Dichter, M ^a,b   Bartholomeyczik, S ^a,b   Nordheim, J ^c   Achterberg, W ^d   Halek, M ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aged, 80 and over; Dementia; Factor analysis, statistical; Nursing homes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 83255194024     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-011-0235-9     Document Type: Article

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