Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Nervous system diseases
Psychiatry/psychology
- Disease:
Alzheimer Disease
- Objective:
To develop and provide psychometric data on perceived QoL in AD patients as rated by patients and caregivers
- Population for intended use:
Adult
Geriatrics
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)
- Administration mode:
Caregiver-administered
Self-administered
[
Caregiver-administered (Family)
Patient and caregiver reports can also be combined ]
- Number of items:
13
- Recall/Observation period:
None
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the USA
- List of existing translations:
The translations listed below may not have undergone a full linguistic validation process and may require further work to be suitable for use in a study.
This list of translations is subject to constant changes, therefore please check the status of translations with MAPI Research Trust / the developers / copyright holders / distributors.
QOL-AD
| Danish for Denmark | French for France | Mandarin | Swedish for Sweden |
| Dutch for the Netherlands | German for Germany | Norwegian for Norway | |
| English for the UK | Italian for Italy | Portuguese for Brazil | |
| Finnish for Finland | Japanese for Japan | Spanish for Spain |
Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Logsdon RG, Gibbons LE, McCurry SM, Teri L. Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s disease: Patient and Caregiver Reports. Journal of Mental Health and Aging. 1999;5(1):21-32
Logsdon RG, Gibbons LE, McCurry SM, Teri L. Assessing quality of life in older adults with cognitive impairment. Psychosom Med. 2002 May-Jun;64(3):510-9
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Last update: April 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: February 2006
