[PDF][PDF] Quality of life in Alzheimer's disease: patient and caregiver reports
RG Logsdon, LE Gibbons, SM McCurry…�- Journal of Mental health�…, 1999 - academia.edu
This paper describes a new 13-item self-and caregiver-report measure of Quality of Life
(QoL) in Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the QoL-AD, and describes the relationship of QoL to
demographic characteristics, cognitive and functional status, depression, and pleasant
activity level in 77 AD subjects. Each AD subject and a family caregiver completed the
assessment. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability, assessed over a 1-week interval,
were adequate on both patient-and caregiver-report QoL-AD measures. Validity, as�…
(QoL) in Alzheimer's Disease (AD), the QoL-AD, and describes the relationship of QoL to
demographic characteristics, cognitive and functional status, depression, and pleasant
activity level in 77 AD subjects. Each AD subject and a family caregiver completed the
assessment. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability, assessed over a 1-week interval,
were adequate on both patient-and caregiver-report QoL-AD measures. Validity, as�…