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Measuring dementia

D P Birkett, B Boltuch

    Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
    |April 1, 1977
    PubMed
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    Maudsley Tests of the Sensorium and Kendal's Memory for Design effectively distinguished between elderly patients with organic brain damage and those with functional psychiatric disorders. Both memory tests showed similar effectiveness in this differentiation.

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    Area of Science:

    • Neuropsychology
    • Geriatric Psychiatry

    Background:

    • Differentiating organic brain damage from functional psychiatric disorders in the elderly is crucial for appropriate treatment.
    • Verbal and visual memory impairments are common in both conditions, necessitating sensitive assessment tools.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To compare the efficacy of the Maudsley Tests of the Sensorium and Kendal's Memory for Design in differentiating elderly patients with organic brain damage from those with functional psychiatric disorders.
    • To determine if one test is superior to the other in this diagnostic task.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized the Maudsley Tests of the Sensorium to assess verbal memory and orientation.
    • Employed Kendal's Memory for Design to evaluate visual memory.
    • Compared performance in 25 elderly patients with organic brain damage (primarily stroke) against 25 with functional psychiatric disorders.

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    Main Results:

    • Both the Maudsley Tests of the Sensorium and Kendal's Memory for Design successfully differentiated between the organic and functional disorder groups.
    • No statistically significant difference was found in the diagnostic effectiveness between the two memory tests.

    Conclusions:

    • Both verbal and visual memory assessments are valuable tools for distinguishing organic brain damage from functional psychiatric disorders in the elderly population.
    • Clinicians can utilize either the Maudsley Tests of the Sensorium or Kendal's Memory for Design with comparable effectiveness for this diagnostic purpose.