Item distribution, internal consistency and inter-rater reliability of the German version of the QUALIDEM for people with mild to severe and very severe dementia

Table 2 Comparison of QUALIDEM response options

Seven response options		Original four response options [14]
Response options	Definition	Response options	Definition
Never	Never	Never	Never
Very seldom	No more than once a week	Seldom	No more than once a week
Seldom	Two to three times a week	Sometimes	A few times per week
Sometimes	Four to five times a week	Sometimes	A few times per week
Often	Almost daily	Often	Almost daily
Frequently	Daily
Very frequently	Several times a day

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