Clinical Utility of the Short Form of the Samsung Dementia Questionnaire (S-SDQ) in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI).
- Author:
Ji Hea YUN
1
;
Ji Hae KIM
;
Inn Sook AHN
;
Jaewon CHUNG
;
Misun SONG
;
Doh Kwan KIM
Author Information
1. Center for Clinical Research, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Seoul, Korea. paulkim@smc.samsung.co.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Short Form of the Samsung Dementia Questionnaire;
Screening instrument;
Mild cognitive impairment
- MeSH:
Dementia*;
Education;
Mass Screening;
Memory;
Mild Cognitive Impairment*;
Neuropsychological Tests;
Surveys and Questionnaires*;
ROC Curve
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2007;46(5):507-511
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: Clinical utility of the Short Form of the Samsung Dementia Questionnaire (S-SDQ) as a screening instrument for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). METHODS: Three groups (n=27, Subjective Memory Impairment (SMI); n=41 MCI; n=79, Early Alzheimer's Disease(AD)) recruited from memory clinic were administered a battery of neuropsychological tests including S-SDQ and Korean version-Mini Mental State Examination (K-MMSE). RESULTS: S-SDQ, unlike the K-MMSE, had no association with the age and education of the subjects. Scores of S-SDQ was found to correlate (r=-.496) with scores of K-MMSE. Result of Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed that S-SDQ discriminated between the SMI and the MCI groups. CONCLUSION: S-SDQ may be a solution to the problem of contamination by education and age which affect traditional cognitive screening instruments like K-MMSE, and it may be a useful tool for screening MCI.
