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Everyday problem solving in Alzheimer's patients — a comparison of subjective and objective assessments
Author(s)	R M Bertrand, S L Willis
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 3, no 4, November 1999
Pages	pp 281-293
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Competence ; Informal care ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; United States of America.
Annotation	Patient self-reports, caregiver reports and objective measures are commonly used for assessing everyday cognitive competence, but little research has examined the relationship among them. This study assessed the congruence of Alzheimer's patients' and their caregivers' ratings of patient performance on instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) and scores on the Everyday Problems Test for the Cognitively Challenged Elderly (EPCCE), an objective measure of everyday competence. The effects of patient and caregiver characteristics on these relationships were also examined. Participants included 63 patient/caregiver dyads, part of a larger longitudinal study at the Stanford Aging Clinical Research Center. Significant positive relationships between patient and caregiver ratings and EPCCE scores suggest that both patient and caregiver perceive, and are aware of, the patient's decline. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001018202 A
Classmark	EA: CA: C4: DPB: P6: DA:4C: 7T
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