Abstract:
:An example of multidimensional assessment procedure applied to the study of treatment effects in a type of pathological aging is presented in this paper. Data discussed here come from a clinical trial performed to evaluate the effects of an ergot derivate, dihydroergocristine, in CCVD memory deficits. The multidimensional assessment procedure consisted of behavioral, clinical, and psychometric measures aimed to identify both the results related to drug activity (experimental validity), and the implications that these eventual drug-induced changes have on the everyday life patients' competence (clinical validity). 97 out-patients (both sexes were represented), with a mean age of 61.21 y (SD 7.29), who suffered from mild to moderate chronic cerebro-vascular disturbances were included in this double-blind study only when they met rigid inclusion criteria. The experimental period was 12 weeks. Results indicate a pattern of convergent, statistically significant, changes which evidence how treatment-associated memory changes are accompanied by an improvement of emotional and physical well being and by a modification of behavioral structure which is characterized by greater efficiency and greater responsiveness to stimuli.
journal_name
Arch Gerontol Geriatrjournal_title
Archives of gerontology and geriatricsauthors
Fioravanti M,Buckley AE,Agnoli Adoi
10.1016/0167-4943(87)90041-0subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-04-01 00:00:00pages
83-93issue
1eissn
0167-4943issn
1872-6976pii
0167494387900410journal_volume
6pub_type
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