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- Title
Cognitive Screening: Using the clock-drawing test to assess for preexisting deficits in older women diagnosed with breast cancer.
- Authors
Overcash, Janine; Perry, Maddy
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Older women diagnosed with breast cancer may also have preexisting cognitive deficits. OBJECTIVES: The aim of the current study is to describe errors on the clock-drawing test (CDT), which is used to screen for preexisting cognitive deficits in older women diagnosed with breast cancer. METHODS: This descriptive study included a convenience sample of women aged 69 years or older with a diagnosis of breast cancer. The CDT was used to screen for cognitive deficits, such as size of the clock, graphic difficulties, stimulus-bound response, conceptual deficit, spatial and/or planning deficit, and perseveration. Data were analyzed by the Rouleau qualitative error analysis. FINDINGS: Many older adult patients exhibit some abnormality on the CDT. Most abnormalities were spatial/planning difficulties. Cognitive screening should be included in the comprehensive assessment of older adults diagnosed with breast cancer to screen for preexisting cognitive limitations.
- Subjects
OHIO; COGNITION disorders diagnosis; DIAGNOSIS of dementia; ALZHEIMER'S disease; BREAST tumors; ONCOLOGY nursing; COGNITIVE testing; DEMENTIA; LEWY body dementia; LONGITUDINAL method; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; RESEARCH methodology; STATISTICAL sampling; SELF-evaluation; SPACE perception; VASCULAR dementia; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; OLD age
- Publication
Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2017, Vol 21, Issue 4, p489
- ISSN
1092-1095
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1188/17.CJON.489-498