Activities of daily living and quality of life in Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer’s disease is known for placing a significant burden on caregivers, which includes social, psychological, physical or economic aspects. The disease decreases patients’ capacity for activities of daily living and quality of life. Information about functional status is useful in the interpret...

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Autor principal: Opara, JA
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Carol Davila University Press 2012
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General Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22802883
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description Alzheimer’s disease is known for placing a significant burden on caregivers, which includes social, psychological, physical or economic aspects. The disease decreases patients’ capacity for activities of daily living and quality of life. Information about functional status is useful in the interpretation of the quality of life assessment results. In this paper the most commonly used scales evaluating activities of daily living and quality of life in Alzheimer’s disease, either generic or specific, is presented.
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spelling pubmed-33918772012-08-12 Activities of daily living and quality of life in Alzheimer disease Opara, JA J Med Life General Article Alzheimer’s disease is known for placing a significant burden on caregivers, which includes social, psychological, physical or economic aspects. The disease decreases patients’ capacity for activities of daily living and quality of life. Information about functional status is useful in the interpretation of the quality of life assessment results. In this paper the most commonly used scales evaluating activities of daily living and quality of life in Alzheimer’s disease, either generic or specific, is presented. Carol Davila University Press 2012-06-12 2012-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC3391877/ /pubmed/22802883 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_fullStr Activities of daily living and quality of life in Alzheimer disease
title_full_unstemmed Activities of daily living and quality of life in Alzheimer disease
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