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Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia Scale (QUALID)

 
Developed in 2000
 

Author(s)

Fontaine Catherine S, MD; Foster Barbara, PhD; Martin-Cook Kristin, MS; Saine Kaithleen, PhD; Svetlik Doris A, RN, MS; Weiner Myron F, MD

 

Purpose

  • Pathology:

Nervous system diseases

Psychiatry/psychology

  • Disease:

Alzheimer Disease

[ including Alzheimer's disease ]

  • Objective:

To rate quality of life in persons with late-stage Alzheimer's disease and other dementing illnesses

  • Population for intended use:

Geriatrics

 
 

Characteristics

  • Type of instrument:

Health-Related Quality of Life - HRQL (incl. health status)

  • Administration mode:

Nurse-rated

  • Number of items:

11

  • Recall/Observation period:

The past week

 
 

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.

QUALID

Estonian
Finnish for Finland
German for Germany
Italian for Italy
Swedish for Sweden
 

Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire

Weiner MF, Martin-Cook K, Svetlik DA, Saine K, Foster B, Fontaine CS. The quality of life in late-stage dementia (QUALID) scale. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2000 May-Jun;1(3):114-6

Last update: July 2009

Last update in collaboration with the author: May 2008