{"title":"The Clinical Dementia Rating scale is useful but caution is needed","authors":"Ronald C. Petersen","doi":"10.1038/s43587-024-00742-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Clinical Dementia Rating scale has been used in clinical research for decades. The Vargas-Gonzales study raises concerns about the subjective nature of the instrument by indicating that sex, the relationship of the informant to the participant, and the ethnicity of the participant can influence ratings, which is particularly relevant in an era of increasing inclusivity.","PeriodicalId":94150,"journal":{"name":"Nature aging","volume":"4 11","pages":"1522-1523"},"PeriodicalIF":17.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nature aging","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00742-9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"CELL BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Clinical Dementia Rating scale has been used in clinical research for decades. The Vargas-Gonzales study raises concerns about the subjective nature of the instrument by indicating that sex, the relationship of the informant to the participant, and the ethnicity of the participant can influence ratings, which is particularly relevant in an era of increasing inclusivity.