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. 2018 Aug 10:10:498-508.
doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2018.07.006. eCollection 2018.

The conceptual relevance of assessment measures in patients with mild/mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease

Ann Hartry  1 , Natalie V J Aldhouse  2 , Tamara Al-Zubeidi  3 , Myrlene Sanon  4 , Richard G Stefanacci  5 , Sarah L Knight  3
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The conceptual relevance of assessment measures in patients with mild/mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease

Ann Hartry et al. Alzheimers Dement (Amst). .

Abstract

Introduction: This study aims to evaluate the conceptual relevance of four measures of disease activity in patients with mild/mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD): (1) the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale; (2) the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-Activities of Daily Living Inventory; (3) the Neuropsychiatry Inventory; and (4) the Dependence Scale.

Methods: A conceptual model depicting patient experience of mild AD was developed via literature review; concepts were compared with the items of the four measures. Relevance of the concepts included in the four measures was evaluated by patients with mild AD in a survey and follow-up interviews.

Results: The four measures assessed few of the symptoms/impacts of mild AD identified within the literature. Measured items addressing emotional impacts were deemed most relevant by participants but were included in the measures only superficially.

Discussion: The four assessment measures do not appear to capture the concepts most relevant to/important to patients with mild/mild-moderate AD.

Keywords: Conceptual relevance; Mild/mild-moderate Alzheimer's disease; Outcome measures; Patient-reported outcome (PRO); Qualitative interviews; Quantitative survey.

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Preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) flow diagram for the qualitative literature review. Abbreviation: No., number.
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Conceptual model visually representing the concepts identified by the literature review and steering committee as being most relevant to patients with mild AD.
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