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| The detection of dementia and cognitive impairment in a community population of elderly people with Parkinson's disease by use of the CAMCOG neuropsychological test | | Author(s) | Peter Hobson, Jolyon Meara |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 28, no 1, January 1999 |
| Pages | pp 39-44 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive impairment ; Parkinson's disease ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Wales. |
| Annotation | A community sample of 126 patients in North Wales with probable Parkinson's disease completed the CAMCOG cognitive test and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The performance of these tests in detecting dementia in this sample was compared with results of applying the DSM-IV criteria to the sample. 44% of the group met DSM-IV criteria, which is higher than most previous prevalence figures for dementia in PD. The CAMCOG was more sensitive than the MMSE in detecting cognitive impairment and more specific than the MMSE in detecting dementia as defined by DSM-IV criteria. Poorer performance on the CAMCOG was related to gender, social class and age (P<0.05). Among subjects with PD, those with dementia, as defined by DSM-IV criteria, were significantly older, had greater depressive symptomatology and had greater motor deficits. A greater proportion of the group with dementia were living in residential care (P<0.05). Use of CAMCOG may assist in detection of those who are at risk of becoming demented, particularly as the prevalence of dementia and cognitive problems in older patients with PD may be underestimated. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990427221 A |
| Classmark | EA: E4: CR6: DA:4C: 9 |
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