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P2–105: Usefulness of the Spanish Five–Word Memory Test for screening patients with dementia in a clinical setting
Author(s) -
Villalpando Juan M.,
Lima Beatriz,
Mena Jorge,
Mejı́a Silvia,
Gutiérrez Lydia,
Juarez Sandra,
Gutierrez-Robledo Luis M.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2006.05.943
Subject(s) - dementia , recall , cronbach's alpha , vascular dementia , audiology , psychology , episodic memory , free recall , cognitive impairment , memory impairment , test (biology) , disease , medicine , cognition , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychometrics , cognitive psychology , paleontology , biology
groups (AD 93.4%, MCI 53.24% and controls 23.4% p ,000). Euphoria had a very low and a similar prevalence in all groups. The rest of symptoms were more prevalent in AD patients than in MCI patients and controls (p , 000). Apathy was the most prevalent symptom in AD (77.7%) and MCI (36.2%) patients. The prevalence of delusions, hallucinations, apathy, irritability, aberrant motor activity and total prevalence and the NPI mean scores of hallucinations, apathy, disinhibition, aberrant motor activity increased along with the severity of Alzheimer s disease. Conclusions: Neuropsychiatric symptoms were more prevalent in AD and MCI patients than in controls. The prevalence and the mean scores of the majority of symptoms increased along with the severity of the disease. NPI is a useful instrument in the evaluation of behavior in cognitive impairment.