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Manchester and Oxford University scale for the psychopathological assessment of dementia
Author(s)	N Harry, P Allen, Sheila Gordon
Journal title	International Psychogeriatrics, vol 9, supplement 1, 1997
Pages	pp 131-136
Keywords	Dementia ; Delusion ; Behaviour disorders ; Evaluation ; United Kingdom.
Annotation	There is increasing awareness of the importance of psychopathological and behavioural changes in dementia and a need for a technique to measure these non-cognitive features. Such a schedule should keep screening questions to a minimum, include a severity measure, exclude symptoms resulting from physical illness, be as brief as possible, and not mix domains of psychopathology. To test the reliability, sensitivity, and validity of a newly developed test, the MOUSEPAD scale, 30 carers were interviewed four times during 6 weeks. An obligatory stem question in each category was followed by supplementary questions. The interviewer recorded the presence of each symptom, its severity, when each symptom started, its duration, and whether it was still present. To detect the presence of delusions, the informant was asked about the patient's insight. Satisfactory differences were demonstrated in test-retest and inter-rater reliability and validity compared with other techniques. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-981001234 A
Classmark	EA: EDD: EP: 4C: 8
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