Physical Mistreatment in Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease

Box 1

Data collection.

(i) Step One:

 Mass mailing of introductory pamphlet to all persons

 who were members of a Florida State Alzheimer’s

 Association in the year 1998 (𝑛= 5,648) or who were

 members of a state-funded memory disorder clinic

 (MDC) diagnosed with AD (𝑛= 1,781) during study

 enrollment

(ii) Step Two:

 Phone interview to ensure interested subjects (𝑛=1,011)

 met eligibility criteria, confirm address for the mailing of

 questionnaire and scheduling of in-home interview.

 Of the interested subjects, 65% (𝑛=657) met inclusion

  criteria, and 254 agreed to participate once the study

  was explained in detail.

(iii) Step Three:

 In-home interview conducted with caregivers (𝑛=254)

 and patients who were cognitively eligible (𝑛=60),

 or who had a surrogate available to provide responses

 on their behalf (𝑛=16)