Open AccessDiagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease patients with rapid cognitive decline in clinical practice: Interest of the Deco questionnaire
Author(s) -
Laure Carcaillon,
Gilles Berrut,
François Sellal,
JeanFrançois Dartigues,
S. Gillette,
JeanJacques Péré,
I. Bourdeix
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of nutrition, health and aging/the journal of nutrition, health and aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.987
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1760-4788
pISSN - 1279-7707
DOI - 10.1007/s12603-011-0047-z
Subject(s) - rivastigmine , donepezil , cognitive decline , medicine , logistic regression , dementia , population , cohort , cognition , observational study , cohort study , disease , pediatrics , psychiatry , environmental health
Patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) who deteriorate rapidly are likely to have a poorer prognosis. There is a clear need for a clinical assessment tool to detect such a decline in newly diagnosed patients.