Discrepancies Between Alzheimer's Disease Patients' and Caregivers' Ratings About Patients' Quality of Life: A 1-year Observation Study in Brazil.

CONCLUSIONS: The discrepancies between patients and caregivers were related to awareness and caregiver burden at baseline and to awareness at 12 months. These results raise questions regarding the subjective nature of QoL and the validity of patients' evaluation of their own QoL. PMID: 29278557 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders - Category: Psychiatry Tags: Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord Source Type: research