A normative study of the revised hasegawa dementia scale: Comparison of demographic influences between the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale and the Mini-Mental Status Examination
A normative study of the revised hasegawa dementia scale: Comparison of demographic influences between the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale and the Mini-Mental Status Examination
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DOI:
10.1159/000107592
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Woo, J. I.
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作者:
Jeong, J. W.;Kim, K. W.;Woo, J. I.
Background/Aims: We investigated the demographic influence on the performance of the Revised Hasegawa Dementia Scale (HDS-R) and provided normative data of the HDS-R in the elderly.Methods: The HDS-R was administered to 803 community-dwelling cognitively normal elderly subjects aged 55 years or over. Cognitive disorders and psychiatric disorders were strictly excluded using the CERAD-K assessment packet and the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview. The demographic influence on the performance of the HDS-R was examined using multiple linear regression analyses, and compared with that on the performance of the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) using the Chow test and t statistics. Overlapping strata were used in developing age-, education- and gender-specific normative data of the HDS-R.Results: Age, education, and gender influenced significantly the performance of the HDS-R, and explained 22.5% of the total score variance. Older age, lower education, and male gender were associated with lower performance of the HDS-R. However, the demographic influence on the HDS-R was much weaker than that on the MMSE (t=5.578, d.f. = 800, p < 0.001). The normative data of the HDS-R stratified by age (60-69, 70-79, >= 80), education (0-6, 7-12, >= 13), and gender were presented.Conclusions: The HDS-R was more robust to demographic influences than the MMSE, and normative data may contribute to improving further its diagnostic accuracy for dementia. Copyright (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.