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The Relationship Between Caregivers' Global Ratings of Alzheimer's Disease Patients' Quality of Life, Disease Severity, and the Caregiving Experience
Author(s) -
Karlawish Jason H. T.,
Casarett David,
Klocinski Jennifer,
Clark Christopher M.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49210.x
Subject(s) - medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , caregiver burden , dementia , depression (economics) , disease , mental health , distress , family caregivers , severity of illness , gerontology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , nursing , economics , macroeconomics
To compare caregivers' ratings of Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients' global quality of life (QOL) using direct assessments and substituted judgments, and to identify qualities of the patients and their caregivers that are associated with these QOL assessments.