Assessing quality of life of older people with dementia: A comparison of quantitative self-report and proxy accounts

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2237-2246

  Moyle, Wendy ^a   Murfield, Jenny E ^a   Griffiths, Susan G ^a   Venturato, Lorraine ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care staff; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Family carers; Gerontological nursing; Long term care; Nursing staff

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84865956060     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05912.x     Document Type: Article

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