Validation study of the prototype of a disease-specific index measure for health-related quality of life in dementia

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schölzel Dorenbos, Carla J M ^a   Arons, Alexander M M ^a   Wammes, Joost J G ^a   Rikkert, MarcelGMOlde ^a   Krabbe, Paul F M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Dementia; Dementia Quality of life Instrument (DQI); Disease specific index instrument; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA QUALITY OF LIFE INSTRUMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NURSING HOME; ORIENTATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84866529432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-118     Document Type: Article

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