EVALUATING ALZHEIMERS SPECIAL CARE UNITS - REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE ANDIDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOURCES OF STUDY BIAS

Authors
SLOANE PD LINDEMAN DA PHILLIPS C MORITZ DJ KOCH G
Citation
Pd. Sloane et al., EVALUATING ALZHEIMERS SPECIAL CARE UNITS - REVIEWING THE EVIDENCE ANDIDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOURCES OF STUDY BIAS, The Gerontologist, 35(1), 1995, pp. 103-111
Citations number
82
Categorie Soggetti
Geiatric & Gerontology
Journal title
The Gerontologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
00169013
Volume
35
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
103 - 111
Database
ISI
SICI code
0016-9013(1995)35:1<103:EASCU->2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Special Care Units (SCUs) for Alzheimer's disease have been proliferat ing in long-term care, but their effectiveness remains unproven. This review summarizes the published studies, presents and discusses the ma ny potential sources of bias that pose special problems for SCU resear ch, and proposes strategies for conducting and interpreting future out come studies in this difficult research setting.