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Dementia Questionnaire for Persons with Mental Retardation (DMR): Modified Criteria for Adults with Down's Syndrome
Author(s) -
Prasher V. P.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3148.1997.tb00006.x
Subject(s) - dementia , intellectual disability , down syndrome , population , psychology , cognitive impairment , clinical psychology , medicine , cognition , psychiatry , disease , environmental health
Independent assessment of the validity of the Dementia Questionnaire for Persons with Mental Retardation (DMR questionnaire) in screening for dementia in 100 adults with Down's syndrome is reported. Changes to criteria are required for use in the general Down's syndrome population. For single assessments (absolute scores) the new recommended criteria are: mild intellectual disability (ID) sum of cognitive scores (SCS) ≥ 7 and sum of social scores (SOS) ≥ 10, moderate ID SCS ≥ 25 and SOS ≥ 15, severe ID SCS ≥ 34 and SOS ≥ 15. Using the new criteria both sensitivity and specificity of new criteria were 82%. The sensitivity of longitudinal score‐changes was found to be relatively low (60%), suggesting a limited role in the screening for dementia. It is concluded that the DMR questionnaire, using the modified criteria, can aid screening for dementia in the general Down's syndrome population.