Impact of Alzheimer's disease on the family caregiver's long-term quality of life: results from an ALSOVA follow-up study.
Purpose: To examine caregivers' health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and well-being during the first 3 years after their family member's Alzheimer's disease (AD) diagnosis and assessed the relationship between caregivers' HRQoL, well-being, and the severity of AD. Further, to compare of caregivers...
| Published in: | Quality of Life Research Vol. 25; no. 3; pp. 687 - 698 |
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| Format: | research Journal Article |
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Springer Nature
Mar2016
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