J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1994; 6:54-57
Copyright © 1994 by American Neuropsychiatric Association
Predicting long-term outcome in individuals at risk for Alzheimer's disease with the Dementia Rating Scale
AI Troster, KE Moe, MV Vitiello and PN Prinz
Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7314.
The Dementia Rating Scale, previously shown to be sensitive to dementia
progression, was used to differentiate among normal control subjects,
patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and those judged to be at risk for
AD on the basis of subclinical memory impairment. The memory scale of the
Dementia Rating Scale predicted with 93% accuracy which at-risk individuals
would develop AD at 4- to 6-year follow-up.
