Objective To measure differences in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and caregiver assessments of the patients' quality of life (QOL) and to identify the patient characteristics, caregiver characteristics, or patient-caregiver interactions responsible for these differences. Methods We recruite
Utility-based Quality of Life Measures in Alzheimer’s Disease
✍ Scribed by Gary Naglie; George Tomlinson; Catherine Tansey; Jane Irvine; Paul Ritvo; Sandra E. Black; Morris Freedman; Michel Silberfeld; Murray Krahn
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 365 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0962-9343
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