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

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 litera

SUBMITTER: Hartry A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6180432 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature