Comparison between two tests of delayed recall for the diagnosis of dementia.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 64(1): 35-40, 2006 Mar.
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| ID: mdl-16622550
ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED Diagnosis of dementia is a challenge in populations with heterogeneous educational background. OBJECTIVE:
To compare the accuracies of two delayed recall tests for the diagnosis of dementia in a community with high proportion of illiterates.METHOD:
The delayed recall of a word list from the CERAD battery (DR-CERAD) was compared with the delayed recall of objects presented as line drawings from the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (DR-BCSB) using ROC curves. Illiterate (23 controls and 17 patients with dementia) and literate individuals (28 controls and 17 patients with dementia) were evaluated in a community-dwelling Brazilian population.RESULTS:
The DR-BCSB showed higher accuracy than the DR-CERAD in the illiterate (p=0.029), similar accuracy in the literate individuals (p=0.527), and a trend for higher accuracy in the entire population (p=0.084).CONCLUSION:
the DR-BCSB could be an alternative for the diagnosis of dementia in populations with high proportion of illiterates.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Rememoração Mental
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Demência
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Memória
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Testes Neuropsicológicos
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil