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An extensive battery of cognitive tests is conducted to detect dementia in geriatric patients. Based on the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria for dementia the diagnosis includes cognitive deficits such as memory impairment and other cognitive disturbances in various stages. To establish a profile of cognitive deficits and to detect early stages of dementia a combination of psychometric tests has proven to be effective and valid (MMSE, SKT, SIDAM, GDS/BCRS, clock drawing). To evaluate interrelations between these tests, correlations of total scores among 40 randomly chosen geriatric patients were calculated for all tests using the Spearman rank-order correlation. The cognitive test battery appears to be a reliable instrument for diagnosing people with dementia. Due to advantages and shortcomings of each test in evaluating various stages of dementia adequately, a combination of tests should be used.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | VERSION; dementia; psychometric tests; cognitive disorders; geriatric patients; clinical evaluation |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2023 13:20 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2023 13:20 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/49656 |
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