Open AccessThe Clinical Utility and Ecological Validity of the Medication Management Ability Assessment in Older Adults with and without Dementia
Author(s) -
Seth A. Margolis,
Emily S. Hallowell,
Jennifer Davis,
Lauren Kenney,
Geoffrey Tremont
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
archives of clinical neuropsychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 1873-5843
pISSN - 0887-6177
DOI - 10.1093/arclin/acaa058
Subject(s) - dementia , neuropsychology , medicine , receiver operating characteristic , psychiatry , cognition , disease
Older adults are susceptible to medication nonadherence, which may signify functional decline. Thus, performance-based proxies of medication-taking behavior may help diagnose dementia. We assessed the Medication Management Ability Assessment's (MMAA) clinical utility and ecological validity.
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