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Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord · Jan 2008
The Severe Cognitive Impairment Rating Scale--an instrument for the assessment of cognition in moderate to severe dementia patients.
- J Y Choe, J C Youn, J H Park, I S Park, J W Jeong, W H Lee, S B Lee, Y S Park, J H Jhoo, D Y Lee, and K W Kim.
- Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggido, Korea.
- Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2008 Jan 1; 25 (4): 321-8.
Background/AimsThis study aimed to develop a brief, reliable and valid test for cognitive function of severely demented patients.MethodsWe constructed the Severe Cognitive Impairment Rating Scale, which consisted of 11 items covering memory, language, visuospatial function, frontal function and orientation, and investigated its reliability and validity on 267 subjects [normal: 65, very mild Alzheimer's disease (AD): 42, mild AD: 58, moderate AD: 36, severe AD: 44, profound AD: 22].ResultsThe internal consistency obtained by Cronbach's coefficient alpha was 0.93. The interrater reliability and test-retest reliability in the moderately to severely impaired subjects with an MMSE score of
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