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| Validation of the Spanish Version of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination in a rural community in Spain | | Author(s) | A Garcia-Caballero, I Carcia-Lado, J González-Hermida |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 3, March 2006 |
| Pages | pp 239-245 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Spanish language ; Rural areas ; Evaluation ; Spain. |
| Annotation | The Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (ACE) is a brief cognitive test battery designed to detect and differentiate Alzheimer's disease (AD) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). The aim of this study was to adapt and validate the ACE into Spanish in a rural population of low educational level. A clinical group of 70 patients affected by dementia and 25 patients with memory complaints without dementia was compared with 72 controls matched for gender, age and educational level. ROC curves demonstrated the superiority of the ACE in the sub-sample of patients that finished school at age 14 and over (mean 6-7 years of total education). In the sample, Verbal-Language Orientation-Memory (VLOM) ratio results were useful for differential diagnosis between AD and VTD. Different cut-off points must be used for different educational levels. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060928208 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA:4C: 6WG: RL: 4C: 76S |
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