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Dementia Quality of Life Instrument

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DQoL

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DQoL is a 29-item instrument to be used as an interview with patients suffering from dementia in order to assess their perceived quality of life in several domains.

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Brod, Stewart, Sands, and Walton (1999b) developed DQoL as a patient-administered measure of the perceived quality of life of persons with mild or moderate levels of dementia (e.g., indexed by the mini-mental state examination (MMSE), Folstein, Folstein, and McHugh (1975): MMSE >= 13 in the original study; some applications include patients with an MMSE >= 10).

The construction of the instrument was based on a conceptual framework of quality of life in dementia; this was assisted by different focus groups (caregivers, healthcare providers, persons with dementia). Several pilot studies were conducted to decide about methodological aspects like formatting, item construction, and administration procedures in order to appropriately regard and respect the specific needs of dementia...

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  1. Department of Psychological Assessment and Differential and Personality Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

    Katharina Schmidt

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza Università di Roma, Roma, Roma, Italy

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  1. Departamento de Kinesiologia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó, Region de Atacama, Chile

    Aldo R. Vera-Calzaretta

  2. Research Office, Teaching Assistance Unit, Universidad de Concepción, Las Higueras Hospital, Talcahuano, Universidad de Concepcion, Talcahuano, Región del Bio Bio, Chile

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Schmidt, K. (2023). Dementia Quality of Life Instrument. In: Maggino, F. (eds) Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17299-1_689

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