Abstract

Summary Accurate clinical staging of dementia in older subjects has not previously been achieved despite the use of such methods as psychometric testing, behavioural rating, and various combinations of simpler psychometric and behavioural evaluations. The Clinical Dementia Rating (CRD), a global rating device, was developed for a prospective study of mild senile dementia—Alzheimer type (SDAT). Reliability, validity, and correlational data are discussed. The CDR was found to distinguish unambiguously among older subjects with a wide range of cognitive function, from healthy to severely impaired.

Keywords

Clinical Dementia RatingDementiaRating scalePsychologyReliability (semiconductor)PsychometricsClinical psychologyCognitionSenile dementiaPsychiatryCognitive impairmentMedicineDiseaseDevelopmental psychologyInternal medicine

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AgedDementiaDependencyPsychologicalHumansMemoryOrientationProblem SolvingPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesSelf Care

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Year
1982
Type
article
Volume
140
Issue
6
Pages
566-572
Citations
6911
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Charles P. Hughes, Leonard van den Berg, Warren L. Danziger et al. (1982). A New Clinical Scale for the Staging of Dementia. The British Journal of Psychiatry , 140 (6) , 566-572. https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.140.6.566

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10.1192/bjp.140.6.566
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7104545

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