Factors associated with quality of life in dementia patients in long-term care

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 577-585

  Crespo, María ^a   Hornillos, Carlos ^a   De Quirós, Mónica Bernaldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

dementia; long term care; nursing homes; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84874132642     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212002219     Document Type: Article

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