Why are spousal caregivers more prevalent than nonspousal caregivers as study partners in AD dementia clinical trials?

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 70-74

  Cary, Mark S ^a   Rubright, Jonathan D ^b   Grill, Joshua D ^c   Karlawish, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b American Institute of Certified Public Accountants   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; caregiver; clinical trial recruitment; research attitudes; research ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ATTITUDES QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH ETHICS; SPOUSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; SPOUSES;

EID: 84924279007     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0000000000000047     Document Type: Article

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