Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Utility-based Quality of Life measures in Alzheimer's disease.
To explore whether Alzheimer's disease patients could rate their quality of life (QOL) using utility-based health indexes, and to provide new knowledge about the measurement properties of these instruments for patient and caregiver proxy ratings. ⋯ For patient and proxy ratings, the EQ-5D had the best combination of measurement properties, although it had a substantial ceiling effect for patient ratings. Proxy QOL ratings did not accurately reflect patients' ratings.
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The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) is a widely used screening instrument. The purpose of this study was to evaluate reliability and validity of the Hungarian translation. ⋯ Based on a detailed analysis of results we found the translated version of the HADS a reliable and valid self-assessment screening tool in medical practice.