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Brief and easy-to-administer neuropsychological tests in the diagnosis of dementia
- Source :
- Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-465, Published: DEC 1994, Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 52, Iss 4, Pp 457-465 (1994), Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.52 n.4 1994, Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, instacron:ABNEURO
- Publication Year :
- 1994
- Publisher :
- Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO, 1994.
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Abstract
- Os desempenhos em testes neuropsicológicos de trinta pacientes, com diagnóstico de demência leve ou moderada baseado nos critérios do DSM-III-R, com escore no Mini-exame do Estado Mental inferior a 24 pontos e escolaridade mínima de 4 anos, foram comparados aos de trinta voluntários normais equiparados quanto a idade, escolaridade e sexo. Foram calculadas as sensibilidades e especificidades dos testes na distinção entre doentes e controles normais Dentre os testes empregados, o que demonstrou maior acurácia nesta distinção, calculada através de curva ROC, foi o de informação-memória-concentração de Blessed, seguido em ordem decrescente de acurácia, pelos de construção (cópias de figuras simples), memória verbal tardia (após 5 minutos), reconhecimento de 10 figuras e fluencia verbal (animais). Seis testes de aplicação e interpretação simples (fluencia verbal, percepção visual, memória visual incidental, cálculo, desenho de um relógio e memória tardia após 5 minutos) permitiram definir função linear discriminante que revelou elevada capacidade de discriminação entre pacientes e controles, na amostra. Esta função deve ser submetida à comprovação em outra casuística. Em virtude da simplicidade e rapidez de aplicação, poderá ser associada ao MEM para identificar indivíduos com demência e indivíduos sadios em estudos epidemiológicos. Thirty patients with dementia defined by DSM-III-R criteria (Alzheimer's disease (22), vascular dementia (3), Parkinson's disease, frontal lobe dementia, possible diffuse Lewy body dementia, normal pressure hydrocephalus and uncertain diagnosis), with scores below 24 points in the Mini-Mental Status Examination and more than 4 years of education were submitted to a neuropsychological evaluation. The scores in the neuropsychological tests were compared to those obtained by thirty normal volunteers paired for age, sex and education. Sensivity, specificity and accuracy of the tests in the distinction of demented and normal volunteers were determined. The accuracies were calculated using ROC curves. Blessed's information-memory-concentration test showed greatest accuracy, followed by copy of simple figures, delayed memory of 10 figures (after 5 minutes), recognition of 10 figures and verbal fluency test (animals). A linear discriminant function, composed by 6 tests: visual perception, incidental memory, delayed memory (after 5 minutes), drawing of a clock, verbal fluency (animals) and calculation tests, was able to discriminate all controls from patients and only one patient was wrongly classified as normal control. These tests were chosen because they can be applied in less than 10 minutes and are very easy to interpret. This discriminant function must be applied in another group of patients and controls in order to demonstrate its value. When associated to the MMSE it may be useful to discriminate patients with dementia from normal people in epidemiological studies.
- Subjects :
- neuropsychological tests
medicine.medical_specialty
evaluation
Receiver operating characteristic
Lewy body
business.industry
demência
Neuropsychology
Audiology
medicine.disease
lcsh:RC321-571
Neurology
Discriminant function analysis
Normal pressure hydrocephalus
testes neuropsicológicos
medicine
Dementia
Verbal fluency test
avaliação
Neurology (clinical)
business
Vascular dementia
lcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
dementia
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- Language :
- Portuguese
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Volume: 52, Issue: 4, Pages: 457-465, Published: DEC 1994, Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 52, Iss 4, Pp 457-465 (1994), Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria v.52 n.4 1994, Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, Academia Brasileira de Neurologia, instacron:ABNEURO
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c87ba94c3889f59f70d70edd1802ef24