Quality of life in dementia: Impact of cognition and insight on applicability of the SF-36

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 646-654

  Geschke, Katharina ^a   Fellgiebel, Andreas ^a   Laux, Nina ^a   Schermuly, Ingrid ^a   Scheurich, Armin ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dementia; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ALZHEIMERS DISEASE; RELIABILITY; SHORT FORM 36;

EID: 84880156029     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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