Table 1 Previous studies of QoL-AD

community

80

78

65 %

>10

-

-

32

30

-

-

-

Depression, cognition

outpatients with AD

236

78

67 %

-

-

-

34

31

Living alone, sex, depression, ADL, NPI

mild to moderate AD

136

76

67 %

17

.82

.82

-

-

-

.40–.68^e

.35–71

-

AD patients

77

78

47 %

17

.88

.87

38

33

.40^c

.41–.67^e

.34–.60

Depression, cognition, ADL

dementia

201

85

79 %

14

.82

-

33

-

>0.3^e

-

Depression, EQ-5D^a, D-QoL^b

mild to moderate AD

140

72

60 %

20

.84

.82

29

25

.60^c

.18–.67^e

.12–.55

Cognition, mood, age, NPI

mild to moderate AD

60

76

70 %

-

.80

.86

36

31

.35^c

.27–.70^f

.43–.68

Depression, NPI, cognition, ADL, WHOQoL^a

MCI or mild-moderate dementia

104

77

68 %

21

.87

.86

29

25

.26^d

.35–.73^g

.36–.69

ADL, depression, cognition, NPI, comorbidity

nursing home

101

83

88 %

12

.86

.90

34

31

-

.28–.84^g

.11–.67

Depression, ADL, NPI, Eq-VAS^a, Qualid^b

mild to moderate AD

120

82

64 %

21

.83

.79

36

33

.43^d

Duke health profile^a, NPI

probable or possible AD

177

77

44 %

18

.84

.86

-

33

.28^d

-

-

ADL, depression

medical inpatients

200

83

65 %

23

.74

.86

33

31

.31^d

.13–.56^g

.31–.66

ADL, depression, living alone, cognition