Factors associated with the variability in caregiver assessments of the capacities of patients with alzheimer disease

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 86-94

  Conde Sala, Josep L ^a   Reñé Ramírez, Ramón ^b   Turró Garriga, Oriol ^c,d   Gascón Bayarri, Jordi ^b   Juncadella Puig, Montserrat ^b   Moreno Cordón, Laura ^b   Viñas Diez, Vanesa ^b   Vilalta Franch, Joan ^c   Garre Olmo, Josep ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Santa Caterina   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Anosognosia; Family caregivers; Functional capacity; Neuropsychiatric symptoms; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOSOGNOSIA; ANOSOGNOSIA QUESTIONNAIRE DEMENTIA; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR DEMENTIA; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOSOGNOSIA; FAMILY CAREGIVERS; FUNCTIONAL CAPACITY; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOMS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84884582770     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988713481266     Document Type: Article

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