Quality of life in dementia: A study on proxy bias

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Arons, Alexander Mm ^a   Krabbe, Paul Fm ^b   Schölzel Dorenbos, Carla Jm ^a,c   Van Der Wilt, Gert Jan ^a   Rikkert, Marcel Gm Olde ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SLINGELAND HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84883500513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-13-110     Document Type: Article

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