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- Title
ABC Dementia Scale: A Quick Assessment Tool for Determining Alzheimer’s Disease Severity.
- Authors
Mori, Takahiro; Kikuchi, Takashi; Umeda-Kameyama, Yumi; Wada-Isoe, Kenji; Kojima, Shinsuke; Kagimura, Tatsuo; Kudoh, Chiaki; Uchikado, Hirotake; Ueki, Akinori; Yamashita, Masato; Watabe, Toshiyuki; Nishimura, Chika; Tsuno, Norifumi; Ueda, Takashi; Akishita, Masahiro; Nakamura, Yu
- Abstract
<bold><italic>Background:</italic></bold> In this study, we examined the construct validity, concurrent validity concerning other standard scales, intrarater reliability, and changes in scores at 12 weeks of the previously developed ABC Dementia Scale (ABC-DS), a novel assessment tool for Alzheimer’s disease (AD). <bold><italic>Methods:</italic></bold> Data were obtained from 312 patients diagnosed with either AD or mild cognitive impairment. The scores on the ABC-DS and standard scales were compared. <bold><italic>Results:</italic></bold> The 13 items of the ABC-DS are grouped into three domains, and the domain-level scores were highly correlated with the corresponding conventional scales. Statistically significant changes in assessment scores after 12 weeks were observed for the total ABC-DS scores. <bold><italic>Conclusion:</italic></bold> Our results demonstrate the ABC-DS to have good validity and reliability, and its usefulness in busy clinical settings.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S disease diagnosis; PSYCHOLOGICAL distress; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH evaluation; SYMPTOMS; SEVERITY of illness index; RESEARCH methodology evaluation
- Publication
Dementia & Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1, p85
- ISSN
1420-8008
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1159/000486956