TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and evaluation of a health-related quality of life questionnaire for the elderly with dementia in Japan
AU - Terada, Seishi
AU - Ishizu, Hideki
AU - Fujisawa, Yoshikatsu
AU - Fujita, Daisuke
AU - Yokota, Osamu
AU - Nakashima, Hanae
AU - Haraguchi, Takashi
AU - Ishihara, Takeshi
AU - Yamamoto, Shin
AU - Sasaki, Ken
AU - Nakashima, Yoshihiko
AU - Kuroda, Shigetoshi
PY - 2002/9/1
Y1 - 2002/9/1
N2 - Objectives: The purpose of this study was the development of the quality of life (QOL) questionnaire for dementia (QOL-D) in Japan. Methods: We performed a questionnaire survey of QOL assessment in elderly patients with dementia in Japan, and developed QOL-D. Results: The final version consists of only 31 items grouped into six response sets, each with its own scale. Reliability is good to excellent, and validity is, to some extent, established. The six domains of health-related QOL are divided into two groups. One is the positive and the other is the negative aspects of health-related QOL. The positive aspects have been shown to correlate positively with cognitive function and activities of daily living (ADL) score, whereas the negative aspects have not. The concept of QOL for elderly patients with dementia in Japan is similar to that in Western countries. Conclusion: We demonstrated that QOL-D is a reliable and valid instrument for QOL assessment in elderly patients with dementia in Japan.
AB - Objectives: The purpose of this study was the development of the quality of life (QOL) questionnaire for dementia (QOL-D) in Japan. Methods: We performed a questionnaire survey of QOL assessment in elderly patients with dementia in Japan, and developed QOL-D. Results: The final version consists of only 31 items grouped into six response sets, each with its own scale. Reliability is good to excellent, and validity is, to some extent, established. The six domains of health-related QOL are divided into two groups. One is the positive and the other is the negative aspects of health-related QOL. The positive aspects have been shown to correlate positively with cognitive function and activities of daily living (ADL) score, whereas the negative aspects have not. The concept of QOL for elderly patients with dementia in Japan is similar to that in Western countries. Conclusion: We demonstrated that QOL-D is a reliable and valid instrument for QOL assessment in elderly patients with dementia in Japan.
KW - Activities of daily living (ADL)
KW - Cognitive function
KW - Dementia
KW - Health-related QOL
KW - Quality of life (QOL)
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U2 - 10.1002/gps.711
DO - 10.1002/gps.711
M3 - Article
C2 - 12221660
AN - SCOPUS:0036741137
SN - 0885-6230
VL - 17
SP - 851
EP - 858
JO - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 9
ER -
