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Quality of life in dementia
— a one-year follow-up study | | Author(s) | Amber Selwood, Lene Thorgrimsen, Martin Orrell |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 3, March 2005 |
| Pages | pp 232-237 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Quality of life ; Longitudinal surveys ; London. |
| Annotation | 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. A sample of 60 people with dementia aged 60+ was selected from inpatient, day hospital, nursing home and residential home settings within a London mental health trust (MHT). At one-year follow-up, 58 were traced, of whom 40 (69%) were still alive. The main finding is that people with dementia do not perceive that their QoL declined over a period of one year. More people were able to complete the Quality of Life Alzheimer's Disease scale (QoL-AD) than the Dementia Quality of Life scale (DQoL) or the EuroQoL - 5 Domain (EQ 5D) at follow-up, and it seemed easier to use for people with severe dementia. Future research should investigate how QoL changes over longer time periods with larger samples and in relation to specific interventions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050322202 A |
| Classmark | EA: F:59: 3J: 82L |
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