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Title:

Reliability of Information Collected by Proxy in Family Studies of Alzheimer's Disease

Author(s):
Demissie, Serkalem; Green, Robert C.; Mucci, Lorelei; Tziavas, Sophia; Martelli, Kathy; Bang, Kaitlin; Coons, Lisa; Bourque, Sylvie; Buchillon, Dina; Johnson, Kris; Smith, Tamisson; Sharrow, N.; Lautenschlager, Nicola; Friedland, Robert; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Farrer, Lindsay A.
Abstract:
The study evaluated the reliability of data obtained from proxy informants. The index subjects in this study were 81 nondemented participants in the Multi-Institutional Research in Alzheimer Genetic Epidemiology (MIRAGE) study. These index subjects and 159 proxy informants, identified by the index subjects, participated in the study. The ĸ statistic with multiple raters per subject (for dichotomous variables) and the intraclass correlation coefficient (for continuous variables) were used to meas...     »
Keywords:
Alzheimer’ s disease; Reliability; Nonresponse; Proxy data; Informants; κ Statistic
Journal title:
Neuroepidemiology
Year:
2001
Journal volume:
20
Journal issue:
2
Pages contribution:
105--111
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000054768
Publisher:
S. Karger AG
Publisher address:
Basel, Switzerland
Print-ISSN:
1423-0208
E-ISSN:
1423-0208
Notes:
Dieser Beitrag ist mit Zustimmung des Rechteinhabers aufgrund einer (DFG-geförderten) Allianz- bzw. Nationallizenz frei zugänglich. This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
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