Test (abbreviation) Reference(s) Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) Hodkinson (1972) [1] AB Cognitive Screen 135 (ABCS135) Molloy et al. (2005) [2], Standish et al. (2007) [3] Animal fluency test Sebaldt…
Compared with 10 years ago how is this person at: 1 2 3 4 5 1. Remembering things about family and friends e.g. occupations, birthdays, addresses Much improved A bit…
Reference N % dementia Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV MC AUC Two-stage English [2, 13]a, b 246 29 0.85 0.86 0.71 0.93 14.2 % 0.89 Chinese [5]a, b 456 22 0.97…
Purpose of test Sensitivity Specificity PPV NPV Overall correct LR+ LR− CUI+ CUI− Dementia Detection of dementia vs HC 81.3 % (80.6–82.1 %) 89.1 % (88.7–89.5 %) 74.8 % (74.0–75.6…
The subscore therefore ranged from −5 to +10. In a series of patients with pathologically confirmed AD (n = 27) or DLB (n = 17), a subscore of <5 was…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017A. J. Larner (ed.)Cognitive Screening Instruments10.1007/978-3-319-44775-9_1 1. Introduction to Cognitive Screening Instruments: Rationale and Desiderata Andrew J. Larner1 (1) Cognitive Function Clinic, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK …
Fig. 7.1 The difference between hyperbolic (solid line) and exponential (dashed line) discounting Many types of functions have been described, for example D(t) = 1/t, D(t) = 1/(1 + kt), etc., (Frederick 2003, 69, Rachlin et al….
Fig. 5.1 The two moments of choice , in the example of patient adherence and nonadherence, to adjust the insulin dose or not. Reproduced from Reach (2000). Copyright © 2000 Elsevier…
Fig. 8.1 Patient education, a communication between two mental puzzles The second factor involves ‘external’ conditions: The patient’s attention. One isn’t likely to succeed in sharing a message if there is…
Fig. 9.1 Clinical inertia as myopia. From Reach (2014a) In the patient ’s mind, there is, as shown in this book, a conflict between the immediate concern of starting insulin and…
