title: Measuring quality of life in dementia: conceptual and practical issues.
abstract: The authors discuss some of the challenges that exist in measuring quality of life in persons with dementia. The issues that arise in measuring QOL in persons with dementia are identified, and the status of instruments that exist or are being developed is reviewed briefly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: P V
authors.initials: PV
authors.lastname: Rabins
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kasper
mesh_terms: D003704:Dementia / Q000145:classification* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards*; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity