Objectives:: To determine changes over time in self and caregiver ratings of quality of life (QoL) in people with dementia (PwD) and to identify factors associated with changes in QoL ratings.
Methods:: In this longitudinal study, 69 people with mild Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers were assessed at baseline and after 1 year. We examined the association of QoL ratings with the following variables at the two time points: awareness of disease, cognitive status, mood, functionality, neuropsychiatric symptoms, and caregiver burden.
Facial recognition is one of the most important aspects of social cognition. In this study, we investigate the patterns of change and the factors involved in the ability to recognize emotion in mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). Through a longitudinal design, we assessed 30 people with AD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To investigate quality of life (QoL) of caregivers of mild and moderate dementia and the aspects related to QoL.
Method: Cross-sectional assessment of dyads of people with dementia (PwD) and family caregivers (n=88).
Results: Burden (p<0.