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| Does the clock drawing test predict cognitive decline in older persons independent of the mini-mental state examination? | | Author(s) | Luigi Ferrucci, Francesca Cecchi, Jack M Guralnik |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 44, no 11, November 1996 |
| Pages | pp 1326-1331 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Screening ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Italy. |
| Annotation | The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used for the screening of dementia in older persons, however, because it does not sufficiently examine visuo-constructional abilities it may need to be complemented by an additional test which measures this. In this Italian study, the Clock Drawing test (CDT) was evaluated to determine its value in predicting cognitive deterioration over a 4-year period, independent of baseline status evaluated by the MMSE. Data collected during the second (1991) and third (1995) follow-up of the rural cohorts of the FINE study (Finland, Italy, the Netherlands Elderly) was analysed. The study population included 247 persons who received a complete cognitive evaluation in both 1991 and in 1995. Results showed that independent of age and baseline MMSE score, subjects with pathological CDT compared with normal CDT had lower MMSE cores at follow-up. The authors concluded that the CDT identifies older persons at high risk of cognitive decline and adds prognostic information that supplements the standard MMSE test. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-970812222 A |
| Classmark | EA: 3V: DA:4C: 76V |
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