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Quality of life in dementia: a 2-year follow-up study
Missotten, Pierre; Ylieff, Michel; Di Notte, David et al.
2007In International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22 (12), p. 1201-1207
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Keywords :
quality of life; dementia; Alzheimer's disease; longitudinal study
Abstract :
[en] Objectives To examine the evolution of quality of life (QOL) in demented subjects at base-line, one and 2 years later and to determine clinical variables associated with QOL. Method Longitudinal study of a cohort of 127 subjects living at home or in a long-term care institution. A QOL measure (Alzheimer Disease Related Quality of Life; ADRQL) was administered three times. In addition, several clinical instruments (MMSE, IADL, ADL and CDR/M) were also administered. Results ADRQL data analysis did not reveal significant modifications of QOL over the 2-year period, whereas results from clinical instruments showed a significant deterioration. On the group, the variations of ADRQL scores were limited, with some improvement after the first year followed by some deterioration after the second year. On the other hand, ADRQL scores fluctuated every year by at least 10 points for more than 50% of subjects. With dementia evolution, it was observed that the clinical variables were more strongly correlated with ADRQL scores and were more significant predictors. This varied from 5.9% (MMSE) in 2002 to 40.01 % in 2004 (MMSE and CDR/M). Conclusions QOL did not develop in a strictly linear manner following the deterioration of clinical state. This suggests that the evolution of QOL is also determined by other variables relating to the physical and social environment of the patients. Their role seems particularly important for the mild to moderate stages of dementia. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley
Disciplines :
Psychiatry
Geriatrics
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Missotten, Pierre ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de personne et société > Psychologie clinique du vieillissement
Ylieff, Michel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de personne et société > Psychologie clinique du vieillissement
Di Notte, David
Paquay, Louis
De Lepeleire, Jan
Buntinx, Frank
Fontaine, Ovide ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Services généraux (Fac. de psycho. et des sc. de l'éducat.) > Relations académiques et scientifiques (Psycho et sc.éduc.)
Language :
English
Title :
Quality of life in dementia: a 2-year follow-up study
Publication date :
December 2007
Journal title :
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
ISSN :
0885-6230
eISSN :
1099-1166
Publisher :
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester, United Kingdom
Volume :
22
Issue :
12
Pages :
1201-1207
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Name of the research project :
Qualidem
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