Quality of Life of Persons with Dementia: Different Disciplinary Perspectives

RM Dröes; TP Ettema; Martin Knapp; Erik Schokkaert

doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918954.006

Quality of Life of Persons with Dementia: Different Disciplinary Perspectives

RM Dröes, TP Ettema, Martin Knapp, Erik Schokkaert

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Abstract

To evaluate psychological and psychosocial interventions or to decide whether it is cost-effective to reimburse specific therapies or medicines, one needs a measure of the quality of life of the persons with dementia. A large battery of specific dementia scales is available that can be used to evaluate psychological and psychosocial interventions, while cost-effectiveness is usually analysed with generic QALY-type health measures. The choice between these various measures cannot be made only on statistical or technical grounds because it has crucial ethical implications. Different measures of QoL reflect different fundamental perspectives on what makes a good life.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Dementia & Society
Subtitle of host publication	an interdisciplinary approach
Editors	Mathieu Vandenbulcke, Rose-Marie Droes, Erik Schockaert
Place of Publication	Cambridge
Publisher	Cambridge University Press
Chapter	5
Pages	81-104
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	1108918956
ISBN (Print)	9781108918954
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108918954.006
Publication status	Published - 26 May 2022

Keywords

quality of life self-report instruments well-being economic evaluation

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Quality of Life of Persons with Dementia: Different Disciplinary Perspectives. / Dröes, RM; Ettema, TP; Knapp, Martin et al.
Dementia & Society: an interdisciplinary approach. ed. / Mathieu Vandenbulcke; Rose-Marie Droes; Erik Schockaert. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. p. 81-104.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Academic › peer-review

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