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Publikováno v:
Dementia. 5:213-222
The purpose of this study was to develop a screening test of driving knowledge for use with dementia patients and other older drivers. Seventy-five drivers with dementia and 80 non-demented elderly drivers completed a 39-item questionnaire concerning
Autor:
Kathryn A. Heffernan, Kathy J. Christensen, Brigid E. Riley, Mary E. McLaughlin Sta. Maria, Susan Love
Publikováno v:
The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 16:43-50
This report describes the methods and sample characteristics of a neuropsychological study of the elderly conducted by the Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center of the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minnesot
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 4:69-76
Autor:
Kathy J. Christensen
Publikováno v:
Brain : a journal of neurology. 135(Pt 1)
Screening tests for Alzheimer’s disease lack sensitivity and specificity. We developed the AD8, a brief dementia screening interview validated against clinical and cognitive evaluations, as an improvement over current screening methods. Because ins
Autor:
Amy J. Okaya, Michael A. Kuskowski, Stephen M. Malone, Maurice W. Dysken, Suck Won Kim, Kathy J. Christensen
Publikováno v:
Biological Psychiatry. 33:423-430
Electroencephalograms (EEGs) were recorded from 13 unmedicated and nondepressed patients with DSM-III-R obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and from 10 age-matched controls. All subjects were also administered the Wechsler Memory Scale Delayed Logica
Publikováno v:
Psychology and Aging. 7:204-208
A survey of 197 cognitive aging studies revealed infrequent use of structured health assessments and random recruitment. In this study, a health screening questionnarie developed to identify subjects with medical problems that might impair cognition
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Psychological Assessment: A Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 3:168-174
Using classical test theory, 6 cognitive scales were constructed to address the need for measurement instruments that are reliable and have adequate representation of the difficulty range for both healthy older adults and patients with dementia
Publikováno v:
Developmental Neuropsychology. 7:435-449
Six newly constructed cognitive scales with strong reliability for both Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and healthy older adults were used to examine the pattern of deficits in AD. The performance of 31 patients with mild to moderate probable AD wa
Publikováno v:
Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders. 4:96-109
Publikováno v:
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. 4(1)
The authors identified neuropsychological tests appropriate for use in monitoring delirium severity in elderly patients. Ten elderly patients were administered a battery of tests while they were delirious and later during their recovery. All of the m