Book Review April 16, 2007

Trial Designs and Outcomes in Dementia Therapeutic Research

Prim Care Companion J Clin Psychiatry 2007;9(2):156 [book review

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This book was compiled to aid the interpretation ofpreviously done dementia trials and provide assistance increating meaningful future ones. The volume starts witha brief history of work done to date and proceeds throughvarious clinical trial designs. A considerable amount oftime is spent on different potential outcome variables, includinga discussion of the representation of these outcomesvia scale.