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DemTect — a new, sensitive cognitive screening test to support the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and early dementia
Author(s)	E Kalbe, J Kessler, P Calabrese
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 2, February 2004
Pages	pp 136-143
Source	http://www.interscience.wiley.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Early ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Screening ; Diagnosis.
Annotation	Five tests were included in the DemTect: a word list, a number transcoding task, a word fluency task, digit span reverse, and delayed recall of the word list. The normation was performed with 145 healthy controls (CG). 97 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 121 patients with possible Alzheimer's disease (AD) were tested with the DeTect, and the Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE) classification rates for both tests were analysed. The patient groups scored significantly below the CG in both the DemTect and MMSE. The shortness (8-10 minutes), ease of administration and transformational score (maximum 18) is independent of age and education. The DemTect thus helps in deciding whether cognitive performance is adequate for age (13-14 points), or whether MCI (9-12 points), or dementia (8 points or below) should be suspected. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-040301216 A
Classmark	EA: 4J: DA:4C: 3V: LK7
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