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| Factors affecting the results of the clock drawing test in elderly patients hospitalized for physical rehabilitation | | Author(s) | Devora Lieberman, David Galinsky, Vera Fried |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 5, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp 325-330 |
| Keywords | Assessment procedures for mental patients ; In-patients ; Rehabilitation ; Fractures ; Stroke ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The Clock Drawing Test (CDT) is a recognised and accepted instrument for the early diagnosis of dementia in older people. In a prospective study, the authors evaluated the association between the results of this test and a broad range of clinical, functional and sociodemographic variables. The study was conducted on 425 older Israeli patients hospitalised for rehabilitation following stroke or hip fracture in a geriatric ward. The administration of the CDT and its scoring system were adapted from Sunderland et al and Wolf-Klein et al. Stepwise multiple regression was used to evaluate the association between the results of the CDT and other variables. The mean CDT score was 7.8 ±2.5, and 145 patients (34%) had scores of 6 or less. Of 41 variables tested, significant associations with the CDT were found only for the following: the Folstein mini-mental test, the cognition value from admission, years of education, and patient's age. There was a significant number of patients with low CDT scores, influenced particularly by two measures of cognitive function and by formal level of education, together with a weaker effect of age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825253 A |
| Classmark | DA:4C: LF7: LM: CUF: CQA: 7H6 |
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