Two-Year Course of Quality of Life in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

Authors :: van der Zon, Anne
Wetzels, Roland B.
Bor, Hans
Zuidema, Sytse U.
Koopmans, Raymond T.C.M.
Gerritsen, Debby L.
Source :: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry; July 2018, Vol. 26 Issue: 7 p754-764, 11p
Publication Year :: 2018
Abstract: •A 2-year longitudinal, multicenter, observational cohort study on the course of quality of life (QoL) of nursing home residents with dementia, measured with Qualidem.•The total Qualidem score was stable over 2 years.•The underlying Qualidem subscales showed a significant increase of QoL in six subscales and a significant decrease of QoL in three subscales.•The largest decline of QoL was found in the Qualidem subscale “Having something to do.”

Language :: English
ISSN :: 10647481 and 15457214
Volume :: 26
Issue :: 7
Database :: Supplemental Index
Journal :: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Publication Type :: Periodical
Accession number :: ejs44679624
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2018.01.202