Do changes in specific cognitive functions predict changes in health-related quality of life in people with Alzheimer's disease?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 694-703

  Bosboom, Pascalle R ^a,b   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognitive functioning; dementia; health related quality of life (HRQoL); predictors of change; quality of life in Alzheimer's disease (QoL AD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CALIFORNIA VERBAL LEARNING TEST II; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DETERIORATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VERY ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84902238804     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4050     Document Type: Article

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