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Chapter 5 - Quality of Life of Persons with Dementia

Different Disciplinary Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2022

By
Rose-Marie Dröes ,
Teake Ettema ,
Martin Knapp  and
Erik Schokkaert
Edited by
Mathieu Vandenbulcke ,
Rose-Marie Dröes  and
Erik Schokkaert
Mathieu Vandenbulcke
Affiliation:
KU Leuven, Belgium
Rose-Marie Dröes
Affiliation:
Amsterdam University Medical Centre
Erik Schokkaert
Affiliation:
KU Leuven, Belgium
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Summary

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.

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quality of lifeself-report instrumentswell-beingeconomic evaluation
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Dementia and Society , pp. 81 - 104
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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