Validation study of the Italian Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised in a young-old and old-old population.
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord
; 32(5): 301-7, 2011.
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ABSTRACT
AIMS:
The main aims of the study were the translation and the subsequent validation in Italian of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination Revised (ACE-R), and the evaluation of its usefulness in discriminating cognitively normal subjects from patients with mild dementia in an elderly population.METHODS:
The ACE-R was translated and adapted into Italian. The Italian ACE-R was administered to a group of 179 elderly subjects (72 cognitively healthy and 107 subjects with mild dementia, mean age 75.4±6.4 years). The group was stratified into two subsamples according to age, i.e. a young-old (<75 years) and an old-old (≥75 years) group, in order to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the test in detecting dementia in different age strata of elderly subjects.RESULTS:
The reliability of the Italian ACE-R was extremely good (α-coefficient=0.85). Two different cutoffs were identified for young-old (cutoff 79; sensitivity 90% and specificity 80%) and old-old subjects (cutoff 60; sensitivity 82% and specificity 100%).CONCLUSIONS:
The Italian ACE-R is a valid screening tool to detect dementia, especially in the old-old population, which represents not only the fastest growing age group but also the group at the highest risk of dementia in Western countries.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comparação Transcultural
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Demência
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Disfunção Cognitiva
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Entrevista Psiquiátrica Padronizada
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Testes Neuropsicológicos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord
Assunto da revista:
GERIATRIA
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NEUROLOGIA
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PSIQUIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2011
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália