Variability in the validity and reliability of outcome measures identified in a systematic review to assess treatment efficacy of cognitive enhancers for Alzheimer’s Dementia

• Charlene Soobiah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Mina Tadrous,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Sandra Knowles,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Department of Pharmacy, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Erik Blondal,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Huda M. Ashoor,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Marco Ghassemi,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Paul A. Khan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Joanne Ho,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Schlegel Research Institute for Aging, Waterloo, Ontario Canada, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario Canada

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• Andrea C. Tricco,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada

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• Sharon E. Straus

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sharon.straus@utoronto.ca

  Affiliations Institute for Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Canada, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Suite RFE 3–805, Toronto, Ontario Canada

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6106-832X

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