Patient and caregiver perspectives on quality of life in dementia: Evidence from a South Asian population.

ABSTRACT: Dementia has become a public health priority along with population ageing worldwide. Owing to its chronic progressive nature in the absence of a cure, maintaining the best possible quality of life (QOL) has become the desired outcome for people with dementia. The aim of this study was to compare the Quality of Life (QOL) of patients with dementia in Sri Lanka when assessed based on the patient's and caregiver's perspectives. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 272 pairs of patients with dementia and their primary caregivers recruited systematically from the psychiatry outpatient clinics of tertiary care state hospitals in the district of Colombo, Sri Lanka. The QOL was assessed using the 28-item DEMQOL among patients and the 31-item DEMQOL-proxy among primary caregivers. The total

SUBMITTER: Jayakody S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194915 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature