Open AccessTHE HARVARD AUTOMATED PHONE TASK: NEW PERFORMANCE-BASED ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING TESTS FOR EARLY ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
Author(s) -
Gad A. Marshall,
Maria Dekhtyar,
Jonathan Bruno,
Kamal Jethwani,
Rebecca E. Amariglio,
Keith A. Johnson,
Reisa A. Sperling,
Dorene M. Rentz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
the journal of prevention of alzheimer's disease/jpad
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2426-0266
pISSN - 2274-5807
DOI - 10.14283/jpad.2015.72
Subject(s) - activities of daily living , dementia , test (biology) , alzheimer's disease , phone , disease , memory clinic , cognitive test , cognition , medicine , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , paleontology , linguistics , philosophy , biology
Impairment in activities of daily living is a major burden for Alzheimer's disease dementia patients and caregivers. Multiple subjective scales and a few performance-based instruments have been validated and proven to be reliable in measuring instrumental activities of daily living in Alzheimer's disease dementia but less so in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and preclinical Alzheimer's disease.