Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale
Basic information
Name: Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale
Abbreviation: QoL-AD
Versions: 3
Synonyms: 130
Description: Quality of Life in Alzheimer Disease(QOL-AD) is a 13-item questionnaire designed to provide both a patient and a caregiver report of the quality of life (QOL) for patients who have been diagnosed with Alzheimer Disease (AD) (Logsdon, Bibbons, McCurry, & Teri, 1999). The 15-item QOL-AD includes an additional four items, including the ability to take care of oneself, live with others, make own life choices, and people who work within the residential setting (Edelman, Fulton, Kuhn, and Chang, 2005). Two items related to money and marriage were eliminated to better represent people living in a residential setting. Wording was changed in three items from “self as a whole” to “self-overall,” and “ability to do chores” to “ability to be busy,” and “life as a whole” to “life overall.” Items on this adapted QOL-AD are rated by residents with the original 4-point scale (poor, fair, good, excellent). (Cogs Clubs, https://www.apta.org/patient-care/evidence-based-practice-resources/test-measures/quality-of-life-in-alzheimer-disease-qol-ad)
Reference: Thorgrimsen L, Selwood A, Spector A, Royan L, de Madariaga Lopez M, Woods RT, Orrell M. Whose quality of life is it anyway? The validity and reliability of the Quality of Life-Alzheimer's Disease (QoL-AD) scale. Alzheimer disease and associated disorders. 2003 Oct-Dec. PMID: 14657783.
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Temporal prevalence
Distribution in different diseases
Distribution in different versions
| # | version | trials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale | 192 |
| 2 | Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale-Chinese Version | 2 |
| 3 | Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale-Portuguese Version | 1 |
Complementary instruments
| # | instruments | trials |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neuropsychiatric Inventory | 98 |
| 2 | Mini-Mental State Examination | 81 |
| 3 | Zarit Burden Interview | 54 |
| 4 | Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale | 52 |
| 5 | Geriatric Depression Scale | 42 |
| 6 | EQ-5D | 33 |
| 7 | Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study | 30 |
| 8 | Resource Utilization in Dementia Scale | 30 |
| 9 | Instrumental Activities of Daily Living | 29 |
| 10 | Clinical Dementia Rating Scale | 22 |
| 11 | Montreal Cognitive Assessment | 20 |
| 12 | Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia | 19 |
| 13 | Trail Making Test | 18 |
| 14 | Activities of Daily Living | 17 |
| 15 | Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale | 17 |
| 16 | Short Form Health Survey | 16 |
| 17 | Patient Health Questionnaire | 13 |
| 18 | Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale | 12 |
| 19 | Clinical Global Impression | 11 |
| 20 | Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist | 11 |
| 21 | Barthel Index | 11 |
| 22 | Caregiver Burden Inventory | 10 |
| 23 | Short Physical Performance Battery | 10 |
| 24 | Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory | 9 |
| 25 | Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale | 9 |
| 26 | Time Up and Go Test | 9 |
| 27 | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale | 9 |
| 28 | Clock Drawing Test | 8 |
| 29 | Perceived Stress Scale | 8 |
| 30 | Fall Efficacy Scale | 7 |
| 31 | Functional Activities Questionnaire | 6 |
| 32 | Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale | 6 |
| 33 | Berg Balance Scale | 6 |
| 34 | Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale | 6 |
| 35 | Relative Stress Scale | 6 |
| 36 | Severe Impairment Battery | 5 |
| 37 | Visual Analogue Scale | 5 |
| 38 | Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index | 5 |
| 39 | Frontal Assessment Battery | 5 |
| 40 | Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease | 5 |
| 41 | Caregiver Strain Index | 5 |
| 42 | Geriatric Anxiety Inventory | 5 |
| 43 | Rating Anxiety In Dementia | 5 |
| 44 | Positive Aspects of Caregiving Scale | 5 |
| 45 | Clinician's Interview Based Impression of Change | 4 |
| 46 | Apathy Evaluation Scale | 4 |
| 47 | Hopkins Verbal Learning Test | 4 |
| 48 | Stroop Test | 4 |
| 49 | Sense of Competence Questionnaire | 4 |
| 50 | Digit Span Task | 4 |
| 51 | Verbal Fluency Test | 4 |
| 52 | Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test | 4 |
| 53 | Hamilton Depression Rating Scale | 4 |
| 54 | Apathy Inventory | 4 |
| 55 | Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale | 4 |
| 56 | State-Trait Anxiety Inventory | 4 |
| 57 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 | 4 |
| 58 | Everyday Cognition Scale | 4 |
| 59 | Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale | 4 |
| 60 | Holden Communication Scale | 4 |
| 61 | Category Fluency Test | 3 |
| 62 | Caregiver Activity Survey | 3 |
| 63 | Beck Depression Inventory | 3 |
| 64 | Neuropsychological Test Battery | 3 |
| 65 | Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale | 3 |
| 66 | Boston Naming Test | 3 |
| 67 | Goal Attainment Scale | 3 |
| 68 | Wechsler Memory Scale | 3 |
| 69 | Penn State Worry Questionnaire | 3 |
| 70 | Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly | 3 |
| 71 | Johns Hopkins Dementia Care Needs Assessment | 3 |
| 72 | Health Care Resources Utilization Questionnaire | 3 |
| 73 | Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale | 3 |
| 74 | Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System | 3 |
| 75 | Brief Visuospatial Memory Test | 3 |
| 76 | Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy | 3 |
| 77 | Dyadic Relationship Scale | 3 |
| 78 | Greater Cincinnati Chapter Well-Being Observation Tool | 3 |
| 79 | UCLA Loneliness Scale | 3 |
| 80 | Frontal Behavioral Inventory | 2 |
| 81 | Dementia Rating Scale | 2 |
| 82 | General Health Questionnaire | 2 |
| 83 | Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test | 2 |
| 84 | Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test | 2 |
| 85 | General Self-Efficacy Scale | 2 |
| 86 | Positive and Negative Affect Schedule | 2 |
| 87 | World Health Organization Quality of Life | 2 |
| 88 | Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status | 2 |
| 89 | F-A-S Test | 2 |
| 90 | Controlled Oral Word Association Test | 2 |
| 91 | Client Service Receipt Inventory | 2 |
| 92 | Caregiver Burden Scale | 2 |
| 93 | Investigator's Global Evaluation Scale | 2 |
| 94 | Patient Global Impression | 2 |
| 95 | Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination | 2 |
| 96 | Health Care Utilization Survey | 2 |
| 97 | Depression Anxiety Stress Scale | 2 |
| 98 | Self-Compassion Scale | 2 |
| 99 | Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly | 2 |
| 100 | Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale | 2 |
| 101 | Memory Alteration Test | 2 |
| 102 | Verbal Learning Test | 2 |
| 103 | Neuropsychological Inventory | 2 |
| 104 | Starkstein Apathy Scale | 2 |
| 105 | Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly | 2 |
| 106 | Resilience Scale | 2 |
| 107 | Sit and Reach Test | 2 |
| 108 | Smell Identification Test | 2 |
| 109 | Prolonged Grief Questionnaire | 2 |
| 110 | Emotional Intimacy Disruptive Behavior Scale | 2 |
| 111 | Alzheimer's Disease Knowledge Scale | 2 |
| 112 | Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff | 2 |
| 113 | Marwit-Meuser Caregiver Grief Inventory | 2 |
| 114 | Professional Care Team Burden Scale | 2 |
| 115 | World Health Organization Well-Being Index | 2 |
| 116 | Constitution in Chinese Medicine Questionnaire | 2 |
| 117 | Quick Dementia Rating Scale | 2 |
| 118 | Preparation for Future Care Needs Scale | 2 |
| 119 | Group Observational Measurement of Engagement Tool | 2 |
| 120 | Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale | 1 |
| 121 | The Executive Interview | 1 |
| 122 | Cognitive Function Instrument | 1 |
| 123 | Functional Assessment Staging Test | 1 |
| 124 | Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery | 1 |
| 125 | Mattis Dementia Rating Scale | 1 |
| 126 | Physical Self-Maintenance Scale | 1 |
| 127 | Benton Visual Retention Task | 1 |
| 128 | Global Deterioration Scale | 1 |
| 129 | Symbol Digit Modalities Test | 1 |
| 130 | Dependence Scale | 1 |
| 131 | Adaptive Behavior Scale | 1 |
| 132 | Down's Attention Memory and Executive Function Scale | 1 |
| 133 | California Verbal Learning Test | 1 |
| 134 | Choice Reaction Time Test | 1 |
| 135 | Interview for Deterioration of Daily Living in Dementia | 1 |
| 136 | Neuropsychological Assessment Battery | 1 |
| 137 | Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale | 1 |
| 138 | Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia Scale | 1 |
| 139 | Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scale | 1 |
| 140 | modified Crichton Scale | 1 |
| 141 | Delayed Word Recall | 1 |
| 142 | Digit Cancellation Test | 1 |
| 143 | Functional Linguistic Communication Inventory | 1 |
| 144 | Alzheimer's Disease Related Quality of Life | 1 |
| 145 | Digit Symbol Substitution Test | 1 |
| 146 | Symptom Checklist | 1 |
| 147 | CarerQol Instrument | 1 |
| 148 | Patients Rated Health Related Quality of Life | 1 |
| 149 | Proxy-rated Health Related Quality of Life of the patient (cpQol-AD) | 1 |
| 150 | Screen for Caregiver Burden | 1 |
| 151 | Treatment Outcome Scale | 1 |
| 152 | Epworth Sleepiness Scale | 1 |
| 153 | Nottingham Health Profile | 1 |
| 154 | CogState | 1 |
| 155 | Last Observation Carried Forward | 1 |
| 156 | Top Symptom Checklist Alzheimer's Disease Assessment | 1 |
| 157 | Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale | 1 |
| 158 | Mobilization-Observation-Behaviour-Intensity-Dementia | 1 |
| 159 | Tiredness Scale | 1 |
| 160 | Caregiver's Assessment of Improvement | 1 |
| 161 | Physical Performance Test | 1 |
| 162 | Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function-Adults | 1 |
| 163 | Person-Centred Care Assessment Tool | 1 |
| 164 | REACH instrument | 1 |
| 165 | Psychogeriatric Dependency Rating Scale | 1 |
| 166 | SURFS | 1 |
| 167 | Felt Expressed Emotion Rating Scale | 1 |
| 168 | Pleasant Events Schedule | 1 |
| 169 | Healthy Aging Brain Care-Monitor | 1 |
| 170 | Satisfaction Scale | 1 |
| 171 | Five-Word Test | 1 |
| 172 | Berliner Inventar zur Angehörigenbelastung-Demenz | 1 |
| 173 | Brief Symptom Inventory | 1 |
| 174 | F-SozU | 1 |
| 175 | Standardized Assessment of Elderly People in primary care in Europe | 1 |
| 176 | Sit to Stand Test | 1 |
| 177 | End of Life in Dementia Scale | 1 |
| 178 | Caregiver-targeted Quality of Life Measure | 1 |
| 179 | Adult Carer Quality of Life Questionnaire | 1 |
| 180 | DO80 | 1 |
| 181 | Isaacs Set Test | 1 |
| 182 | Signoret's Battery of Cognitive Efficacy | 1 |
| 183 | Impact of Alzheimer's Disease on Caregiver Questionnaire | 1 |
| 184 | Partner-Patient Questionnaire for Shared Activities | 1 |
| 185 | Family Assessment Measure | 1 |
| 186 | Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly | 1 |
| 187 | Physical Functioning Scale | 1 |
| 188 | Autonomie Gérontologie Groupes Iso-Ressources Scale | 1 |
| 189 | Neuropsychological Assessment Test | 1 |
| 190 | Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate | 1 |
| 191 | Verbal Rating Scale | 1 |
| 192 | Blessed Dementia Scale | 1 |
| 193 | Florida Apraxia Screening Test | 1 |
| 194 | Posner's Covert Attention Test | 1 |
| 195 | Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence | 1 |
| 196 | Attention Questionnaire Scale | 1 |
| 197 | Clock Draw Interpretation Scale | 1 |
| 198 | Attention Network Task | 1 |
| 199 | Brief Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory | 1 |
| 200 | Facet Questionnaire | 1 |
| 201 | Ways of Coping Questionnaire | 1 |
| 202 | Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test | 1 |
| 203 | Semantic Fluency Test | 1 |
| 204 | Life Event Scale | 1 |
| 205 | Non Pharmacological Therapy Experience Scale | 1 |
| 206 | Cogstate Brief Battery | 1 |
| 207 | Client Satisfaction Questionnaire | 1 |
| 208 | Test for Attentional Performance | 1 |
| 209 | Word List Memory Task | 1 |
| 210 | Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire | 1 |
| 211 | Psychological Well-Being Scale | 1 |
| 212 | Balance Evaluation System Test | 1 |
| 213 | Clinician Assessment of Fluctuation Scale | 1 |
| 214 | Freezing of Gait Questionnaire | 1 |
| 215 | Mayo Fluctuations Scale | 1 |
| 216 | North East Visual Hallucinations Interview | 1 |
| 217 | Scales for Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease | 1 |
| 218 | Short Recognition Memory | 1 |
| 219 | Senior Fitness Test | 1 |
| 220 | Activity and Social Participation Assessment | 1 |
| 221 | Client Oriented Scale of Improvement | 1 |
| 222 | Dichotic Digits Test | 1 |
| 223 | International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids | 1 |
| 224 | Measure of Audiologic Rehabilitation Self-Efficacy for Hearing Aids | 1 |
| 225 | Perception of Conversation Index-Dementia of the Alzheimer Type | 1 |
| 226 | Practical Hearing Test | 1 |
| 227 | Relationship Assessment Scale | 1 |
| 228 | Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Life | 1 |
| 229 | Self-Assessment of Communication | 1 |
| 230 | Significant Other Assessment of Communication | 1 |
| 231 | Significant Other Scale for Hearing Disability | 1 |
| 232 | Social Support Questionnaire | 1 |
| 233 | Words-in-Noise Test | 1 |
| 234 | Letter Digit Substitution Test | 1 |
| 235 | Caregiver Assessment to Function and Upset | 1 |
| 236 | General Medical Health Rating | 1 |
| 237 | Desire to Institutionalize Scale | 1 |
| 238 | Brief Pain Inventory | 1 |
| 239 | Public Health Questionnaire | 1 |
| 240 | Resource Use Inventory | 1 |
| 241 | Braden Scale | 1 |
| 242 | Glasgow Coma Scale | 1 |
| 243 | Eriksen Flanker Task | 1 |
| 244 | Preparedness for Caregiving Scale | 1 |
| 245 | Formulation Usability Questionnaire | 1 |
| 246 | Morisky-Green Test | 1 |
| 247 | Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders | 1 |
| 248 | Diabetes Quality of Life | 1 |
| 249 | Attitude to Aging Questionnaire | 1 |
| 250 | Patient Dignity Inventory | 1 |
| 251 | Self-Management Ability Scale | 1 |
| 252 | World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule | 1 |
| 253 | Hachinski Ischemic Score | 1 |
| 254 | Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit | 1 |
| 255 | Beauregard Tests | 1 |
| 256 | Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile | 1 |
| 257 | Music in Dementia Assessment Scale | 1 |
| 258 | Observable Signs Of Wellbeing In Dementia Scale | 1 |
| 259 | Verbal and Nonverbal Interaction Scale | 1 |
| 260 | Healthcare Utilization Form | 1 |
| 261 | McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire | 1 |
| 262 | Needs at the End-of-life Screening Tool | 1 |
| 263 | Palliative Performance Scale | 1 |
| 264 | Semi-structured Qualitative Interview | 1 |
| 265 | System Usability Scale | 1 |
| 266 | Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale | 1 |
| 267 | Clinical Test of Sensory Integration on Balance | 1 |
| 268 | Dizziness Handicap Inventory | 1 |
| 269 | Dynamic Gait Index | 1 |
| 270 | Dynamic Visual Acuity test | 1 |
| 271 | Falls Video Analysis Questionnaire | 1 |
| 272 | Head Impulse Test | 1 |
| 273 | Head Shake Test | 1 |
| 274 | Problematic Experiences of Therapy Scale | 1 |
| 275 | Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale | 1 |
| 276 | Computer Use Self Efficacy | 1 |
| 277 | QPCR | 1 |
| 278 | Geriatric Anxiety Scale | 1 |
| 279 | Lesion Segmentation Toolbox | 1 |
| 280 | Neuroticism-Extraversion-Openness Five-Factor Inventory | 1 |
| 281 | Questionnaire for Health-Related Resource Use in an Elderly Population | 1 |
| 282 | Quantitative Sensory Testing | 1 |
| 283 | Oberst Caregiving Burden Scale | 1 |
| 284 | Client Socio-Demographic and Service Receipt Inventory | 1 |
| 285 | Multidimensional Caregiver Strain Index | 1 |
| 286 | Index of Social Engagement | 1 |
| 287 | Positive State of Mind Scale | 1 |
| 288 | Community Integration Questionnaire | 1 |
| 289 | Entrevue Profil du Loisir | 1 |
| 290 | Famous Faces Test | 1 |
| 291 | Insomnia Severity Index | 1 |
| 292 | Kessler Psychological Distress Scale | 1 |
| 293 | Satisfaction With Life Scale | 1 |
| 294 | Self-Evaluation Questionnaire | 1 |
| 295 | Quality of Primary Care Interactions | 1 |
| 296 | Quebec User Evaluation of Satisfaction with Assistive Technology | 1 |
| 297 | Tinetti Scale | 1 |
| 298 | Functional Reach Test | 1 |
| 299 | Caregiver Rating of Dementia Care Quality | 1 |
| 300 | Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services | 1 |
| 301 | Dementia Burden Scale-Caregiver | 1 |
| 302 | Occupational Balance Questionnaire | 1 |
| 303 | CNS Vital Signs Neurocognitive Assessment | 1 |
| 304 | Community Health Activities Model Program for Seniors | 1 |
| 305 | Elders Life Stress Inventory | 1 |
| 306 | Pattern Comparison Test | 1 |
| 307 | Assessment of Quality of Life Questionnaire | 1 |
| 308 | Assessment of Quality of Life-6D scale | 1 |
| 309 | Quality of Carer-Patient Relationship Scale | 1 |
| 310 | Caregiver Assessment of Behavioral Skill Scale | 1 |
| 311 | Pearlin Mastery Scale | 1 |
| 312 | Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index | 1 |
| 313 | Care-related Quality of Life | 1 |
| 314 | modified Bruce Treadmill Test | 1 |
| 315 | Functional Fitness Test | 1 |
| 316 | Morycz's Desire-to-Institutionalize Scale | 1 |
| 317 | Everyday Compensation Questionnaire | 1 |
| 318 | Career Decision Self-Efficacy Scale | 1 |
| 319 | Strain and Emotional Reaction in Dementia Care Scale | 1 |
| 320 | NEO Personality Inventory | 1 |
| 321 | Oxford Happiness Questionnaire | 1 |
| 322 | Instrument for Measuring Older People's Attitudes Toward Technology | 1 |
| 323 | Flanker Interference Task | 1 |
| 324 | tDCS User Survey | 1 |
| 325 | Caregiver Satisfaction Survey | 1 |
| 326 | Life Orientation Test | 1 |
| 327 | Pattern Separation Task | 1 |
| 328 | Abbreviated Mental Test | 1 |
| 329 | Gain in Alzheimer's Care Instrument | 1 |
| 330 | Healthy Days Core Module | 1 |
| 331 | Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness | 1 |
| 332 | Health Care Use Survey | 1 |
| 333 | Care Values Scale | 1 |
| 334 | Post Intervention Interviews | 1 |
| 335 | Chedoke Arm and Hand Activity Inventory | 1 |
| 336 | Cybersickness Susceptibility Questionnaire | 1 |
| 337 | Jebsen Hand Function Test | 1 |
| 338 | Multilingual Aphasia Examination | 1 |
| 339 | Test of Premorbid Functioning | 1 |
| 340 | Attitudes Toward Residents Scale | 1 |
| 341 | Direct Care Worker Job Satisfaction Scale | 1 |
| 342 | Individualized Care Instrument | 1 |
| 343 | Life Story Interview | 1 |
| 344 | Ohio Nursing Home Resident Satisfaction Survey | 1 |
| 345 | Perceived Usefulness of LifeBio Memory | 1 |
| 346 | Satisfaction with Care in the Nursing Home Scale | 1 |
| 347 | Functional External Memory Aid Tool | 1 |
| 348 | Memory Loss Self Efficacy Scale | 1 |
| 349 | FRAIL Test | 1 |
| 350 | Adults and Older Adults Functional Assessment Inventory | 1 |
| 351 | Brief Inventory of Thriving | 1 |
| 352 | Caregiver Guilt and Grief Scale | 1 |
| 353 | Mental Health Inventory | 1 |
| 354 | Relational Burnout/Load Scale | 1 |
| 355 | Relationship Satisfaction Scale | 1 |
| 356 | Unidimensional Relationship Closeness Scale | 1 |
| 357 | Autobiographical Memory Test | 1 |
| 358 | Southampton Nostalgia Scale | 1 |
| 359 | INECO Frontal Screening | 1 |
| 360 | Acceptability of Intervention Measure | 1 |
| 361 | Investigating Choice Experiments CAPability measure for Older people | 1 |
| 362 | TOPICS-MDS Questionnaire | 1 |
| 363 | Rockwood Frailty Index | 1 |
| 364 | Family Quality of Life | 1 |
| 365 | Safety Assessment Scale | 1 |
| 366 | Symptom burden anxiety score | 1 |
| 367 | Symptom burden depression score | 1 |
| 368 | Symptom burden fatigue score | 1 |
| 369 | Symptom burden pain score | 1 |
| 370 | Symptom burden physical function | 1 |
| 371 | Symptom burden satisfaction with social role score | 1 |
| 372 | Symptom burden sleep quality score | 1 |
| 373 | Utrecht Work Engagement Scale | 1 |
| 374 | Decision-Making Involvement Scale | 1 |
| 375 | Parkinson Anxiety Scale | 1 |
| 376 | Parkinson's Disease Specific Anxiety Inventory | 1 |
| 377 | Acculturation Stress Scale | 1 |
| 378 | Midlife Women's Symptom Index | 1 |
| 379 | Social Readjustment Rating Scale | 1 |
| 380 | Strain in Dementia Care Scale | 1 |
| 381 | Team Climate Inventory | 1 |
| 382 | Hierarchical Scale of Internality for Elderly People | 1 |