Why Participate in an Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Trial? Is It of Benefit to Carers and Patients?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-156

  Mastwyk, Maree ^a,b   Macfarlane, Stephen ^a,b   LoGiudice, Dina ^c   Sullivan, Karen A ^d  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c National Aging Research Institute   (Australia)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Carer perceptions; Clinical trials; Motivation; Resource; Support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTIVATION; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CLIOQUINOL; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION;

EID: 0242381784     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610203008834     Document Type: Article

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