Discrepancy of the Two Clock Drawing Tests in Evaluating Alzheimer’s Disease
- VernacularTitle:两种画钟测验评估阿尔茨海默病的差异研究
- Author:
Shuhong SHEN
;
Qihao GUO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Clock drawing test;
Alzheimer’s disease;
Neuorpychological tests
- From:Chinese Journal of Clinical Psychology
2006;0(05):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To probe the significance of spontaneous and mimicking clock drawing tests (CDT) to evaluate the severity of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Methods: 30 normal middle aged to senile people as the control, and 20 amnestic mild cognitive impairment patients, 20 mild AD patients, 19 moderate AD patients and 14 severe AD patients were asked to finish the series of neuropsychologic test including the spontaneous and mimicking clock drawing tests. Results: For spontaneous CDT, there was significant difference in the "anchoring part"(draw the four key points-12-3-69 first) between the MCI patients and normal controls (P
