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Lack of practice effects on neuropsychological tests as early cognitive markers of Alzheimer disease?

Zehnder, Antoinette E. and Bläsi, Stafan and Berres, Manfred and Spiegel, Rene and Monsch, Andreas U.. (2007) Lack of practice effects on neuropsychological tests as early cognitive markers of Alzheimer disease? American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, Vol. 22, no. 5. pp. 416-426.

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Abstract

Reliable assessment of change from previous cognitive functioning is a prerequisite for determining the possible presence of neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease (AD). We investigated whether standardized change scores on the German version of the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease-Neuropsychological Assessment Battery (CERAD-NAB) could be used for early diagnosis of AD and whether change scores on the CERAD-NAB are superior in this respect to scores recorded on 1 occasion only. Three hundred seventy-four normal control subjects were assessed twice. Data from 95 patients with mostly mild probable AD were collected at their first entry to a memory clinic and an average of 1.1 +/- 0.24 years later. It is concluded that repeated testing with the CERAD-NAB does not generally add to improved diagnostic accuracy for mild and very mild AD and cannot, therefore, be recommended as a routine clinical procedure.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Geriatrie
03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Klinische Forschung > Bereich Medizinische Fächer (Klinik) > Geriatrie
07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie
UniBasel Contributors:Monsch, Andreas U
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Prime National Pub. Corp.
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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