ABC Dementia Scale: A Quick Assessment Tool for Determining Alzheimer's Disease Severity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In this study, we examined the construct validity, concurrent validity concerning other standard scales, intrarater reliability, and changes in scores at 12 weeks of the previously developed ABC Dementia Scale (ABC-DS), a novel assessment tool for Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Methods

Data were obtained from 312 patients diagnosed with either AD or mild cognitive impairment. The scores on the ABC-DS and standard scales were compared.

Results

The 13 items of the ABC-DS are grouped into three domains, and the domain-level scores were highly correlated with the corresponding conventional scales. Statistically significant changes in assessment scores after 12 weeks were observed for the total ABC-DS scores.

Conclusion

Our results demonstrate the ABC-DS to ha

SUBMITTER: Mori T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5921188 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature