Memory Testing in Dementia: How Much Is Enough?

Memory Testing in Dementia: How Much Is Enough?

Analyses of eight widely used memory measures (Word List Acquisition and Recall used in the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale and the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease neuropsychology battery, Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised [WMS-R] Logical Memory I and II, WMS-R...

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Published in:Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 1 - 6
Main Authors: Derrer, Douglas S., Howieson, Diane B., Mueller, Erin A., Camicioli, Richard M., Sexton, Gary, Kaye, Jeffrey A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks, CA Sage Publications 01-03-2001
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Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Case-Control Studies
Dementia
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - psychology
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Memory
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Nervous system as a whole
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests - standards
Predictive Value of Tests
ROC Curve
Sensitivity and Specificity
Human
Memory disorder
Nervous system diseases
Cognitive disorder
Neuropsychological test
Psychometrics
Test validation
Sensitivity
Specificity
Diagnosis
Neurological disorder
Comparative study
Dementia
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Summary:Analyses of eight widely used memory measures (Word List Acquisition and Recall used in the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale and the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease neuropsychology battery, Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised [WMS-R] Logical Memory I and II, WMS-R Visual Reproduction I and II, the memory scores from the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination [NCSE], memory scores from the Mini- Mental State Examination [MMSE]), and the MMSE total score showed each to have moderate predictive power in differentiating between patients with mild dementia and healthy normal controls. When these instruments were combined in a logistic regression analysis, three of them had substantial predictive power. Together, the Word List Acquisition, WMS-R Logical Memory II, and WMS-R Visual Reproduction II were 97.26% accurate (100% sensitive and 94.59% specific) in distinguishing these two groups. The Word List Acquisition is a brief test that alone had high accuracy (92%). These memory tests are highly useful in the diagnosis of mild dementia. (J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 2001; 14:1-6).
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ISSN:0891-9887
1552-5708
DOI:10.1177/089198870101400102