Patient and proxy measurement of quality of life among general hospital in-patients with dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 603-607

  Sheehan, Bart D ^a   Lall, Ranjit ^a   Stinton, Christopher ^a   Mitchell, Kate ^a   Gage, Heather ^b   Holland, Caroline ^c   Katz, Jeanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Outcome measures; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CUSTODY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863463404     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.653955     Document Type: Article

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