The Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI): A Practical Test for Cross-Cultural Epidemiological Studies of Dementia Tập 6 Số 1 - Trang 45-58 - 1994
Evelyn L. Teng, Kanae Hasegawa, Akira Homma, Yoshiro Imai, Eric B. Larson, Amy Borenstein Graves, Keiko Sugimoto, T Yamaguchi, Hideo Sasaki, Darryl Chiu
The Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) has a score range of 0 to 100 and provides quantitative assessment on attention, concentration, orientation, short-term memory, long-term memory, language abilities, visual construction, list-generating fluency, abstraction, and judgment. Scores of the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Modified Mini-Mental State Test, and the Hasegawa De...... hiện toàn bộ
The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) study of aging: methodology and baseline characteristics of 1112 individuals recruited for a longitudinal study of Alzheimer's disease Tập 21 Số 4 - Trang 672-687 - 2009
Kathryn A. Ellis, Ashley I. Bush, David Darby, Daniela De Fazio, Jonathan K. Foster, Peter J. Hudson, Nicola T. Lautenschlager, Nat Lenzo, Ralph N. Martins, Paul Maruff, Colin L. Masters, Andrew Milner, Kerryn E. Pike, Christopher Fowler, Greg Savage, Cassandra Szoeke, Kevin Taddei, Victor L. Villemagne, Mark Woodward, David Ames
ABSTRACTBackground: The Australian Imaging, Biomarkers and Lifestyle (AIBL) flagship study of aging aimed to recruit 1000 individuals aged over 60 to assist with prospective research into Alzheimer's disease (AD). This paper describes the recruitment of the cohort and gives information about the study methodology, baseline demography, diagnos...... hiện toàn bộ
Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) in Alzheimer's Disease: Reliability, Validity, and Ordinality Tập 4 Số 3 - Trang 55-69 - 1992
Steven G. Sclan, Barry Reisberg
Evaluation of changes in functional performance and activities of daily living skills is an essential aspect of the assessment of elderly individuals with chronic illness. Although functional decrement is a central aspect of Alzheimer's disease (AD), many measures currently utilized to assess these changes have limitations. Empirical and systematic examination of the functional changes occ...... hiện toàn bộ
Prevalence of psychiatric disorders among older adults in long-term care homes: a systematic review Tập 22 Số 7 - Trang 1025-1039 - 2010
Dallas Seitz, Nitin Purandare, David Conn
ABSTRACTBackground:The population of older adults in long-term care (LTC) is expected to increase considerably in the near future. An understanding of the prevalence of psychiatric disorders in LTC will help in planning mental health services for this population. This study reviews the prevalence of common psychiatric disorders in LTC populat...... hiện toàn bộ
Assessment of Memory Complaint in Age-Associated Memory Impairment: The MAC-Q Tập 4 Số 2 - Trang 165-176 - 1992
Thomas H. Crook, Edward P. Feher, Glenn J. Larrabee
Few brief self-report memory questionnaires are available, and none has been well validated. We designed a brief questionnaire, the MAC-Q, to assess age-related memory decline. Validity and reliability of the MAC-Q were assessed in 232 subjects meeting diagnostic criteria for age-associated memory impairment (AAMI). Concurrent validity of the MAC-Q was supported by a significant correlatio...... hiện toàn bộ
The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study (MAS): methodology and baseline medical and neuropsychiatric characteristics of an elderly epidemiological non-demented cohort of Australians aged 70–90 years Tập 22 Số 8 - Trang 1248-1264 - 2010
Perminder S. Sachdev, Henry Brodaty, Simone Reppermund, Nicole A. Kochan, Julian N. Trollor, Brian Draper, Melissa J. Slavin, John B. Kwok, Kristan Kang, G A Broe, Karen A. Mather, Ora Lux
ABSTRACTBackground:The Sydney Memory and Ageing Study (Sydney MAS) was initiated in 2005 to examine the clinical characteristics and prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and related syndromes, and to determine the rate of change in cognitive function over time.Methods:Non-demented community-dwe...... hiện toàn bộ
Efficacy of Donepezil on Behavioral Symptoms in Patients With Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease Tập 14 Số 4 - Trang 389-404 - 2002
Serge Gauthier, Howard Feldman, Jane Hecker, Bruno Vellas, David Ames, Ponni Subbiah, Edward Whalen, Birol Emir
Objective: This subanalysis of a large, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial examined the prevalence of behavioral symptoms in moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD), and the effect of treatment with donepezil. Methods: Two hundred ninety patients with moderate to severe AD (standardized Mini-Mental State Examination scores 5–17)...... hiện toàn bộ