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29/Oct/2012
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-45082012000300011
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic sensitivity, specificity, and agreement of the Dementia Rating Scale with clinical diagnosis of cognitive impairment and to compare its psychometric measures with those from Mini Mental State Examination. METHODS: Eighty-six elders from a long-term care institution were invited to participate in a study, and fifty-eight agreed to participate. The global health assessment protocol applied to these elders contained Mini Mental State Examination and Dementia Rating Scale. Clinical diagnose of cognitive impairment was performed by experts […]
Keywords: Aged; Cognition; Delirium, dementia, amnestic, cognitive disorders; Homes for the aged; Neuropsychological tests; Scales; Sensitivity and specificity