## Abstract ## Background Quality of life (QoL) is becoming an increasingly used outcome measure in both clinical practice and research but little is known about QoL in dementia and how it may change over time. ## Objective To study longitudinal change in quality of life over a period of one yea
Quality of life in dementia: a study on proxy bias
✍ Scribed by Arons, Alexander MM; Krabbe, Paul FM; Schölzel-Dorenbos, Carla JM; van der Wilt, Gert; Rikkert, Marcel GM
- Book ID
- 121625073
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 213 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1471-2288
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