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AChEI acetylcholinesterase inhibitor<br />

AD Alzheimer’s disease<br />

ADAS-cog Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment<br />

Scale, cognitive subscale<br />

ADCS/ADL AD Cooperative Study Activities<br />

of Daily Living inventory<br />

ADFACS Alzheimer’s Disease Functional<br />

Assessment <strong>and</strong> Change Scale<br />

ADL Activities of Daily Living<br />

AE adverse event<br />

AHEAD Assessment of Health Economics<br />

in Alzheimer’s Disease<br />

APP amyloid precursor protein<br />

BADLS Bristol Activities of Daily Living<br />

Scale<br />

BGP Behavioural Rating Scale <strong>for</strong><br />

Geriatric Patients<br />

BNF British National Formulary<br />

BOI burden of illness<br />

BVRT Benton Visual Retention Test<br />

CCOHTA Canadian Coordinating Office <strong>for</strong><br />

Health Technology Assessment<br />

CCT controlled clinical trial<br />

CDR Clinical Dementia Rating Scale<br />

CDR-SB Clinical Dementia Rating Scale –<br />

Sum of the Boxes<br />

CEA cost-effectiveness analysis<br />

CEAC cost-effectiveness acceptability<br />

curve<br />

CERAD Consortium to Establish a<br />

Registry <strong>for</strong> Alzheimer’s Disease<br />

CGIC Clinical Global Impression of<br />

Change<br />

CGRS Crichton Geriatric Rating Scale<br />

CI confidence interval<br />

CIBIC Clinician’s Interview-based<br />

Impression of Change<br />

List of abbreviations<br />

© Queen’s Printer <strong>and</strong> Controller of HMSO 2006. All rights reserved.<br />

Health Technology Assessment 2006; Vol. 10: No. 1<br />

CMB Computerised Memory Battery<br />

CMCS Caregiver-rated Modified<br />

Crichton Scale<br />

CPS Cognitive Per<strong>for</strong>mance Scale<br />

CSHA Canadian Study of Health <strong>and</strong><br />

Aging<br />

CSRI Client Service Receipt Inventory<br />

CT computed tomography<br />

CUA cost–utility analysis<br />

DAD Disability Assessment <strong>for</strong><br />

Dementia<br />

DLB dementia with Lewy bodies<br />

DSM Diagnostic <strong>and</strong> Statistical Manual<br />

of Mental Disorders<br />

DSS Department of Social Services<br />

DSST Digit Symbol Substitution Test<br />

EOAD early-onset Alzheimer’s disease<br />

EPS extrapyramidal symptoms<br />

FAST Functioning Assessment Staging<br />

Scale<br />

FLD frontal lobe dementia<br />

FOME Fuld Object Memory Evaluation<br />

FTC full-time care<br />

GBS Gottfries–Bråne–Steen<br />

GDS Global Deterioration Scale<br />

GHQ-30 General Health Questionnaire 30<br />

HUI Health Utilities Index (version 2<br />

<strong>and</strong> 3)<br />

IADL Instrumental Activities of Daily<br />

Living<br />

ICD-10 International Classification of<br />

Diseases<br />

ICER incremental cost-effectiveness ratio<br />

IDDD Interview <strong>for</strong> Deterioration in<br />

Daily Living Activities in<br />

Dementia<br />

continued<br />

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