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Measuring quality of life in dementia: purposes, goals, challenges and progress

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2007

Peter V. Rabins  and
Betty S. Black
Peter V. Rabins
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, U.S.A.
Betty S. Black
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, U.S.A.
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The choice of outcomes in clinical research should be influenced by a linkage between the targeted symptom or disorder and the outcome being measured, the clinical meaningfulness of the outcome, and the ability to measure the outcome accurately. Dementia, defined as a syndrome consisting of disorders that impair two or more distinct cognitive capacities, occur in clear consciousness, and begin in adulthood, presents unique challenges in the choice of appropriate outcomes for treatment trials.

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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , June 2007 , pp. 401 - 407
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International Psychogeriatric Association 2007

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