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Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD)
Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Albert Heyman. Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2002-04-15
Topic: Amyloid, tau and blood-test diagnosis
CERAD was funded by the National Institute on Aging with a mandate to standardize assessment in Alzheimer's disease. Accordingly, this program developed and evaluated clinical, neuropsychological and neuropathological assessments, an approach to neuroimaging, a standardized means of obtaining family history, and a behavior rating scale, as well as other measures. Training tapes are available for relevant assessments. Many of these measures have been translated into a number of languages, and used for both clinical evaluation and in epidemiological studies. Longitudinal information on over 1,000 patients with Alzheimer's disease and nearly 500 controls from 24 major medical centers across the U.S. has been written to CD, and is available for analysis. CERAD materials and a bibliography are available from the CERAD main office.
Key findings
- Accordingly, this program developed and evaluated clinical, neuropsychological and neuropathological assessments, an approach to neuroimaging, a standardized means of obtaining family history, and a behavior rating scale, as well as other measures.
- Training tapes are available for relevant assessments.
- Many of these measures have been translated into a number of languages, and used for both clinical evaluation and in epidemiological studies.
- Longitudinal information on over 1,000 patients with Alzheimer's disease and nearly 500 controls from 24 major medical centers across the U.S. has been written to CD, and is available for analysis.
- CERAD materials and a bibliography are available from the CERAD main office.
Why it matters
CERAD developed and evaluated standardized clinical, neuropsychological, and neuropathological assessments for Alzheimer's disease. These measures have been translated into multiple languages and used in clinical and epidemiological studies.
Study details
- Study designlongitudinal study
- Participants1,000
- Evidence strengthModerate
How this study scored 59/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a longitudinal study following the same people over time. Scored zero for effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here and still being cited, so those were left out: it earned 40 of the 68 points we could judge it on, which is 59 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 7 / 12 | A longitudinal study following the same people over time |
| Strength of evidence | 3 / 5 | Rated “moderate” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2002 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 3 / 4 | 1,000 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | Citation count not trusted: 18 of 172 library studies citing it were published more than a year before it - a sign OpenAlex merged several works under this DOI — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | Citation count not trusted (see above) — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Library citations not trusted (see above) — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | Citation count not trusted (see above) — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Albert Heyman: h-index 46 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 2 / 3 | Duke University: institution h-index 1,541 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country |
| Indexed in PubMed | 1 / 2 | Not in PubMed, but has a DOI |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 40 / 68 | Scored on 14 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 40 of the 68 points we could judge it on is 59 out of 100. |
| Total | 59 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Fillenbaum, G. G., & Heyman, A. (2002). Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1002/0470846410.ch42(iii)
Vancouver
Fillenbaum GG, Heyman A. Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD). Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2002. doi:10.1002/0470846410.ch42(iii).
BibTeX
@article{fillenbaum2002-ac049f00,
author = {Fillenbaum, Gerda G. and Heyman, Albert},
title = {{Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD)}},
journal = {Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry},
year = {2002},
doi = {10.1002/0470846410.ch42(iii)},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/0470846410.ch42(iii)}
}
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