Use of the QOL-AD for measuring quality of life in people with severe dementia—the LASER-AD study | Zendy

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Use of the QOL-AD for measuring quality of life in people with severe dementia—the LASER-AD study

Author(s) -

Juanita Hoe,

Cornelius Katona,

B. Roch,

Gill Livingston

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afi030

Subject(s) - dementia , apathy , quality of life (healthcare) , mood , medicine , cognition , construct validity , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , population , gerontology , activities of daily living , mini–mental state examination , disease , psychiatry , psychometrics , physics , nursing , environmental health , quantum mechanics

Health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) scales are particularly important in older people as global outcome measures for interventions. It is known that people with mild to moderate dementia can provide valid assessments of their own QOL, but it is unclear whether these instruments are useful in those with severe dementia.

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