Severity of dementia, anosognosia, and depression in relation to the quality of life of patients with alzheimer disease: Discrepancies between patients and caregivers

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 138-147

  Conde Sala, Josep L ^a   Reñe Ramírez, Ramón ^b   Turró Garriga, Oriol ^c   Gascón Bayarri, Jordi ^b   Campdelacreu Fumadó, Jaume ^b   Juncadella Puig, Montserrat ^b   Rico Pons, Imma ^b   Garre Olmo, Josep ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c Hospital de Santa Caterina   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anosognosia; Caregivers; Depression; Patients; Quality of life; Severity of dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY;

ANOSOGNOSIA; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; PATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF DEMENTIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84893080997     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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