In:
Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, S. Karger AG, Vol. 1, No. 1 ( 2011-8-16), p. 258-266
Kurzfassung:
〈 i 〉 Background: 〈 /i 〉 TheRI-48 cued recall test was devised to discriminate between healthy elderly and patients with mild cognitive impairment who are at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD). However, no long-term follow-up studies have been conducted using this test. 〈 i 〉 Methods: 〈 /i 〉 We analyzed the predictive power of the RI-48 test for determining the patients who will convert to AD dementia within the decade after testing. During 10 years, we followed up 40 non-demented patients who attended our Memory Clinic and underwent complete neuropsychological evaluation including the RI-48. 〈 i 〉 Results: 〈 /i 〉 Of the 40 patients, 21 developed dementia (converters, CO) and 19 remained stable patients (SP). Of the tests performed at inclusion, only the RI-48 (p 〈 0.0001) and semantic fluency (p = 0.030) tests gave significantly different results between CO and SP. 〈 i 〉 Conclusion: 〈 /i 〉 The RI-48 had the best overall diagnostic accuracy at 5- and at 10-year follow-ups.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1664-5464
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
S. Karger AG
Publikationsdatum:
2011
ZDB Id:
2621464-7
