Use of the Dementia Rating Scale as a test for neuropsychological dysfunction in HIV-positive i.v. drug abusers
| Autor: | Mark H. Kaplan, Martin Lesser, J. Wayne Lazar, Brian Hainline, Richard Kovner, Ellen Perecman, Barbara Napolitano |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty AIDS Dementia Complex Psychometrics Substance-Related Disorders media_common.quotation_subject Population Medicine (miscellaneous) Heroin Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Risk Factors Internal medicine mental disorders Neuropsychologia HIV Seropositivity medicine Humans education Substance Abuse Intravenous media_common Neurologic Examination education.field_of_study Cognitive disorder Neuropsychology virus diseases medicine.disease eye diseases Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Aptitude Female Pshychiatric Mental Health Psychology medicine.drug Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of substance abuse treatment. 9(2) |
| ISSN: | 0740-5472 |
| Popis: | Intravenous drug abusers (IVDAs) represent an increasing proportion of the HIV epidemic. Forty-three IVDA's (22 HIV-negative, 21 HIV-positive) were studied using the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (DRS). All subjects had used intravenous heroin, but reported that they were drug-free at the time of testing. HIV-positive subjects were predominantly symptomatic and were dichotomized into AIDS and non-AIDS groups. All subjects with abnormal DRS scores were HIV-positive (57% of all HIV-positives). All HIV-negative subjects had normal DRS scores while 43% of the positive group obtained such scores. The DRS reliably identifies neuropsychological impairment, and may be a useful screening tool in this population. |
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