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Measurement of health-related quality of life for people with dementia (DEMQOL)

	Author(s)
Banerjee Sube, Professor Lamping Donna L Smith Sarah C, PhD

Purpose

Pathology:

Nervous system diseases
Psychiatry/psychology

Disease:

Dementia

Objective:

To measure health-related quality of life in dementia

Population for intended use:

Adult
Caregivers

[ Adult patients: DEMQOL
Adult caregivers: DEMQOL-Proxy ]

Characteristics

Type of instrument:

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

Administration mode:

Interviewer-administered

Number of items:

DEMQOL: 28; DEMQOL-Proxy: 31

Existence of database:

Recall/Observation period:

In the last week

Language(s)

Original language:

English for the UK

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

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Spanish

In progress: English for the USA, Spanish for the USA

Last update: November 2011
Last update in collaboration with the author: December 2007