APPLICATION OF THE TOTAL SCORE FOR THE CERAD BATTERY IN BULGARIAN DEMENTED AND CONTROL SUBJECTS

APPLICATION OF THE TOTAL SCORE FOR THE CERAD BATTERY IN BULGARIAN DEMENTED AND CONTROL SUBJECTS

Background: The lack of a total numeric score of the CERAD neuropsychological battery may to some extent limit the possibilities for presenting the cognitive status and the degree of dementia. The objective of the present study is to apply the CERAD battery in a Bulgarian population of demented an...

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Main Authors: Ivan Dimitrov, Ivan Aleksandrov, Borislav Ivanov, Ara Kaprelyan, Mariana Arnaoudova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peytchinski Publishing 2017-10-01
Series:Journal of IMAB
Subjects:
to compute the total score for each participant
and to compare the performance of the two groups. Methods: a total of 164 subjects
134 patients with dementia and 30 controls were assessed using the Bulgarian version of the CERAD battery. The total score was calculated according to the method described by Chandler et al. Mean values were compared using independent samples t-test. ROC curves were built
and the area under the curve was calculated. Results: The total score for the whole sample has a mean value of 63.45±20.56. After correction for age and education x=79.51±20.24. The total score is significantly lower in the demented subjects compared to the control group
for both raw and corrected score. The area under the ROC curve shows values of 0.988 and 0.986 before and after correction
respectively. Conclusion: The statistically significant difference between the results of demented and control subjects
with and without correction for age and education
CERAD
dementia
neuropsychological assessment
total score
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