A Method for Estimating Duration of Illness in Alzheimer’s Disease
Autor: | Rachelle S. Doody, Maria Kataki, Eugene Huang, Shaheda Azher, J. Kay Dunn |
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Rok vydání: | 2003 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cognitive Neuroscience Concordance MEDLINE Disease Interviews as Topic Alzheimer Disease medicine Humans Age of Onset Duration (project management) Medical History Taking Psychiatry Aged Recall Medical record Cognitive disorder medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Caregivers Geriatrics Disease Progression Geriatrics and Gerontology Age of onset Psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 17:1-4 |
ISSN: | 1421-9824 1420-8008 |
DOI: | 10.1159/000074078 |
Popis: | Background: We developed a set of questions for generating an estimate regarding the date of first symptoms to the nearest half-year. Physicians then revised this estimate in conjunction with medical record review and patient/informant interviews, and by testing the estimate by recall of life events. One experienced examiner rated 36 patients, and each was independently rated by a second, less experienced rater. The physician ratings were compared to each other and to an unstructured caregiver estimate of duration using Lin concordance coefficients. There was excellent agreement between independent physician raters (ρ = 0.95, p < 0.001). Caregiver estimates of duration were usually shorter because of failure to relate the first symptoms to the onset of disease. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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