Clock Drawing Test in mild and moderate dementia of the Alzheimers type: A comparative and correlation study

• Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry Vol. 17; no. 5; pp. 480 - 485
• Main Authors: Heinik, Jeremia, Solomesh, Isaac, Shein, Victoria, Becker, Daniel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.05.2002; Wiley
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Alzheimer's disease; Biological and medical sciences; CAMCOG; clock drawing; Cognition; cognitive tests; Cross-Sectional Studies; Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases; Dementia; dementia severity; Female; Geriatrics; Humans; Israel; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; MMSE; Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reproducibility of Results; Severity of Illness Index; Israel; Human; Evaluation; Nervous system diseases; Correlation; Drawing test; Alzheimer disease; Daily living; Activity; Cognition; Clock; Cerebral disorder; Senile dementia; Clinical stage; Cross sectional study; Central nervous system disease; Degenerative disease; Elderly; Comparative study

Objectives (a) To compare two different clock drawing tests (CDTs) in mild and moderate dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT); (b) To examine presumed correlation between these CDTs and some demographic, cognitive and activities of daily living (ADL) variables in mild and moderate DAT. Methods...