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Comparison of dementia-specific quality of life measures in adult day centers
Author(s)Perry Edelman, Bradley R Fulton, Daniel Kuhn
Journal titleHome Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 23, no 1, 2004
PublisherHaworth Press, 2004
Pagespp 25-42
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsQuality of life ; Dementia ; Day centres ; Measurement ; Comparison ; United States of America.
AnnotationFive dementia-specific quality of life (DQOL) measures were evaluated, including client interviews, staff proxies and observations with 54 clients in three adult day centres in the Chicago area. The relationship of cognitive and functional status to each of the DQOL measures was also assessed. Client interviews correlated well with each other, but not with other measures. Staff proxies were strongly correlated with each other and moderately correlated with the observational measure. On average, clients rated their DQOL higher than staff. Analyses suggest that functional impairment is associated with poorer DQOL, as indicated by staff and observer measures. Possible explanations and implications are explored. (KJ/RH).
Accession NumberCPA-040914208 A
ClassmarkF:59: EA: NMC: 3R: 48: 7T

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