Differential perceptions of quality of life (QoL) in community-dwelling persons with mild-to-moderate dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1273-1282

  Tay, Laura ^a   Chua, Kia Chong ^b   Chan, Mark ^a   Lim, Wee Shiong ^a   Ang, Yue Ying ^a   Koh, Evonne ^c   Chong, Mei Sian ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

agreement; caregivers; dementia; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ALZHEIMER DISEASE SCALE; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIKERT SCALE; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE IN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MENTAL PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84903640737     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214000660     Document Type: Article

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