Quality of Life in relation to neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease: 5-year prospective ALSOVA cohort study.

Kristiina HongistoIlona HallikainenTuomas SelanderSoili TörmälehtoSaku VäätäinenJanne MartikainenTarja VälimäkiSirpa HartikainenJaana SuhonenAnne M Koivisto

Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2017)

Patient rated QoL-AD scores are an unreliable tool with which to evaluate the success of therapy for NPS. Instead, caregiver-rated scores for patients correlated well with NPI scores, and health care professionals in the clinic should preferentially use these. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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