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Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease in very elderly patients
— relevance of some functional and psychobehavioral aspects assessed by the Gottfries-Bråne-Steen rating scale for dementia | | Author(s) | Lucilla Parnetti, John O Brooks, Margherita Pippi |
| Journal title | Gerontology, vol 43, no 6, November-December 1997 |
| Pages | pp 335-342 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Screening ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Over 70s. |
| Annotation | This study examined the relationship between the Gottfries-Bråne-Steen rating scale (GBS) with other instruments commonly used for the diagnostic assessment of older patients with cognitive disturbances: the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HDRS), and Global Deterioration Scale (GDS). Further, it assessed the specific diagnostic value of the GBS in a multi-centre study with people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease aged 75 years and over, and with age-matched non-demented subjects. The study concluded that the GBS could be used in routine clinical assessment of older people with cognitive impairment and that it distinguishes between demented and non-demented subjects. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971202409 A |
| Classmark | EA: 3V: DA:4C: BBK |
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