Discriminant analysis of WAIS results in different types of dementia and depressed patients
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A Mazzucchi1, E Capitani, A Poletti
1Department of Neurology, University of Parma, Italy.
Functional Neurology
|April 1, 1987
Abstract:
A Multivariate Analysis of Covariance and Discriminant Analysis were carried out on complete WAIS profiles obtained from three groups of demented patients: Multi-Infarct Dementia patients, Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type patients, and Alcoholic Dementia patients. A group of middle-aged Depressed patients was also included. WAIS did not differentiate among dementias, but Picture Completion and Block Design subtests proved to be effective in differentiating dementia from depression.