Discussing Methodological Gaps in Psychosocial Intervention Research for Dementia: an Opinion Article from the INTERDEM Methodology Taskforce Guided by the MRC Framework

Overview

Journal Front Dement

Date 2024 Oct 11

PMID 39391708

Authors

Sara Laureen Bartels

Nathan Stephens

Federica DAndrea

Melanie Handley

Marine Markaryan

Andrea Nakakawa Bernal

Lieve Van den Block

Simone R de Bruin

Karen Windle

Martina Roes

Niels Janssen

Hannah Christie

Lesley Garcia

Gwen Teesing

Esme Moniz-Cook

Maud Graff

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