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Table 2 Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s Disease (QoL-AD) scores, rated by persons with dementia (n = 164)b

From: Significance of quality of care for quality of life in persons with dementia at risk of nursing home admission: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Median

(Q1-Q3)

Total score (range 13-52 a)

36

(33-39)

Items from the QoL-AD questionnaire (range 1-4 a)

 Physical health

3

(2-3)

 Energy level

3

(2-3)

 Mood

3

(2-3)

 Living situation

3

(3-4)

 Memory

2

(2-2)

 Relations with relativesc

3

(3-4)

 Relation with wife/husbandd

3

(3-4)

 Relations with friendse

3

(3-3)

 Self as a wholef

3

(2-3)

 Chores around the housee

3

(2-3)

 Things for fune

3

(2-3)

 Financial situatione

3

(2-3)

 Life as a wholee

3

(3-3)

Lawton’s dimensions of QoL (range 1-4 a)

 Environmental qualitye

3

(2-3)

 Behavioural competencee

3

(2-3)

 Perceived QoLg

3

(3-3)

 Psychological wellbeingh

3

(3-3)

  1. a The underlined score is the most favourable score
  2. bMissing n = 13 (unable to complete QoL-AD due to cognitive problems related to dementia);
  3. cmissing n = 1; dmissing n = 9; emissing n = 2; fmissing n = 3; gmissing n = 10; hmissing n = 4 Q1 = first quartile; Q3 = third quartile; QoL = quality of life