Journal article
Development of Clinical Vignettes to Describe Alzheimer's Disease Health States: A Qualitative Study
Abstract
AIMS: To develop clinical descriptions (vignettes) of life with Alzheimer's disease (AD), we conducted focus groups of persons with AD (n = 14), family caregivers of persons with AD (n = 20), and clinicians who see persons with AD in their practices (n = 5).
METHODS: Group participants read existing descriptions of AD and commented on the realism and comprehensibility of the descriptions. We used thematic framework analysis to code the comments …
Authors
Oremus M; Xie F; Gaebel K
Journal
PLOS ONE, Vol. 11, No. 9,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0162422
ISSN
1932-6203