Sensitivity of age-decline resistant ("hold") WAIS subtests to Alzheimer's disease.
Sensitivity of age-decline resistant ("hold") WAIS subtests to Alzheimer's disease.
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抗年龄下降（“保持”）WAIS 子测试对阿尔茨海默病的敏感性。
DOI：
10.1080/01688638508401281
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发表时间：
1985
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Levin,HS
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作者：
Larrabee,GJ;Largen,JW;Levin,HS
WAIS 抗年龄下降（“持有”）和年龄下降敏感（“不持有”）子测试均能有效区分 25 名阿尔茨海默型痴呆 (DAT) 患者与 25 名年龄、教育和性别相匹配的正常老年受试者。我们发现，痴呆症严重程度的全球评级与 WAIS 信息和数字符号子测试显着相关，但与记忆测试分数无关。这些数据表明（1）应放弃根据当前“保持”测试表现来估计病前能力的做法，（2）记忆测试对于 DAT 的初步诊断最有用，而 WAIS 认知变量在评估 DAT 严重程度时可能更有用。
WAIS age-decline-resistant (“hold”) and age-decline-sensitive (“don't hold”) subtests were both effective in discriminating 25 patients with Alzheimer-type dementia (DAT) from 25 normal elderly subjects who were matched on age, education, and sex. We found that global ratings of severity of dementia correlated significantly with the WAIS Information and Digit Symbol subtests, but not with memory test scores. These data indicate that (1) the practice of estimating premorbid ability based on current “hold” test performance should be abandoned, and (2) the utility of memory tests is greatest for initial diagnosis of DAT, while WAIS cognitive variables may be more useful in evaluating DAT severity.