Dementia rating scale performance: a comparison of vascular and Alzheimer's dementia
| Autor: | Katarina Lukatela, Ronald A. Cohen, Howard R. Kessler, William Stone, David J. Moser, Melissa A. Jenkins, Richard F. Kaplan, Norman Gordon |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Perseveration behavioral disciplines and activities Severity of Illness Index Central nervous system disease Diagnosis Differential Alzheimer Disease Memory Predictive Value of Tests Internal medicine mental disorders medicine Dementia Humans cardiovascular diseases Vascular dementia Psychiatry Aged Aged 80 and over Psychiatric Status Rating Scales medicine.diagnostic_test Cognitive disorder Neuropsychology Brain Neuropsychological test medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging eye diseases Stroke Clinical Psychology Dementia Multi-Infarct Neurology Case-Control Studies Female Neurology (clinical) Alzheimer's disease medicine.symptom Psychology Cognition Disorders |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology. 22(4) |
| ISSN: | 1380-3395 |
| Popis: | Differences in the pattern of neuropsychological dysfunction associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD) were examined using the Dementia Rating Scale (DRS). We examined three groups of patients: (1) Patients with AD; (2) patients with single stroke (CVA); and (3) patients with multiple cerebral infarctions (MI). Comparisons of cognitive dysfunction were conducted on patients that met the DRS criteria for dementia. Dementia groups were similar in age, education, and severity of dementia. Comparisons of the AD and two VaD groups across the specific DRS-scales (Attention, Conceptualization, Construction, Initiation/Perseveration, and Memory) indicated that patients with AD were more impaired on the DRS-Memory while the patients with VaD were more impaired on the DRS-Construction. Additionally, patients with VaD related to MI scored lower on the DRS-Initiation/Perseveration as compared to patients with AD, and patients with AD scored lower on the DRS-Conceptualization as compared to patients with VaD related to CVA. These results are indicative of qualitative differences in the pattern of cognitive deficits associated with the two types of dementia. |
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