The Spanish instrument protocol: Design and implementation of a study to evaluate treatment efficacy instruments for Spanish-speaking patients with Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Sano, M ^a   Mackell, J A ^b   Ponton, M ^c   Ferreira, P ^d   Wilson, J ^a   Pawluczyk, S ^e   Pfeiffer, E ^f   Thomas, R G ^g,h   Jin, S ^g   Schafer, K ^g   Schittini, M ^a   Grundman, M ^g,h   Ferris, S H ^b   Thal, L J ^g,h  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Demographic characteristics; Minority patients; Spanish

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0030861805     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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