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Table 3 Patient and caregiver scores on QoL-AD

From: Reliability, validity and clinical correlates of the Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s disease (QoL-AD) scale in medical inpatients

QoL-AD item

Patient score mean (SD)

Caregiver score mean (SD)

Composite score mean (SD)

ICC patient - caregiver

Physical

2.0 (0.8)

1.7 (0.7)

1.9 (0.6)

0.05

Energy

1.9 (0.8)

1.8 (0.8)

1.9 (0.7)

0.23**

Mood

2.5 (0.8)

2.2 (0.8)

2.4 (0.6)

0.25**

Living situation

3.3 (0.7)

3.0 (0.9)

3.2 (0.6)

0.25**

Memory

2.4 (0.8)

2.4 (1.0)

2.4 (0.7)

0.35***

Family

3.4 (0.7)

3.1 (0.9)

3.3 (0.6)

0.34***

Marriage

2.8 (0.9)

2.6 (1.0)

2.8 (0.8)

0.52***

Friends

2.7 (0.9)

2.4 (1.0)

2.6 (0.8)

0.29***

Self as a whole

2.4 (0.8)

2.3 (0.7)

2.3 (0.6)

0.13

Ability to do chores

2.1 (0.8)

1.9 (0.8)

2.0 (0.7)

0.28***

Ability to do things for fun

2.3 (0.9)

2.0 (1.0)

2.2 (0.8)

0.27***

Money

2.8 (0.8)

2.9 (0.8)

2.8 (0.6)

0.38***

Life as a whole

2.8 (0.8)

2.4 (0.9)

2.6 (0.6)

0.15*

Total score

33.3 (5.2)

30.6 (7.1)

32.4 (4.8)

0.31***

  1. Patient and caregiver ratings
  2. ICC intraclass correlation coefficient
  3. *p <0.05
  4. **p < 0.01
  5. ***p < 0.001