A Comparison of Doctor and Patient Improvement Ratings in a Drug (Meprobamate) Trial

Abstract

Out-patient drug trials have relied largely on observer-rated improvement measures to evaluate the efficacy of psychotropic medication (4). Less frequent use (5, 7, 9) has been made of patient ratings or the combination of observer plus patient ratings. Thus a comparison of improvement ratings made by the patient and his treating doctor would be of considerable methodological interest.