Application of a multidimensional computerized adaptive test for a Clinical Dementia Rating Scale through computer-aided techniques.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the increasingly rapid growth of the elderly population, individuals aged 65 years and above now compose 14% of Taiwanese citizens, thereby making Taiwanese society an aged society. A leading factor that affects the elderly population is dementia. A method of precisely and efficiently examining patients with dementia through multidimensional computer adaptive testing (MCAT) to accurately determine the patients' stage of dementia needs to be developed. This study aimed to develop online MCAT that family members can use on their own computers, tablets, or smartphones to predict the extent of dementia for patients responding to the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) instrument.

Methods

The CDR was applied to 366 outpatients in a hospital in Taiwan. MCAT was employed

SUBMITTER: Lee YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6524232 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature