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The patient with dementia, the caregiver and the doctor
— cognition, depression and quality of life from three perspectives | | Author(s) | Sönke Arlt, Juliane Hornung, M Eichenlaub |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 6, June 2008 |
| Pages | pp 604-610 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Depression ; Quality of life ; Attitude ; Dementia ; Informal care ; Doctors ; Comparison ; Germany. |
| Annotation | Patients with mild to moderate dementia are capable of reporting their own health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms. Family caregivers tend to rate patients' HRQOL lower than patients themselves. Patients tend to underestimate their cognitive impairment. Information from the patient, the caregiver and the health care professional should be combined in order to obtain a comprehensive view of the patient's condition-related situation. These are among the findings from a study of 100 outpatients with mild to moderate dementia or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) at the University of Hamburg Medical Centre Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy's Memory Clinic. Depression and cognitive impairment were examined using self- and proxy-ratings as well as the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), SF-12 Health Survey and the EUROHIS quality of life index. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080717205 A |
| Classmark | DA: ENR: F:59: DP: EA: P6: QT2: 48: 767 |
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