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目的:这篇文章的目的是评价诊断准确性和临床实用性。关于一个荷兰翻译的测试你记忆(TYM)测试在患有轻度人之缺陷(MCI)和老年痴呆症相比,简易精神测试(MMSE)在普通医院的临床记忆区展开。 方法:42名患者涉及临床记忆问题,42名健康对照组使用TYM和MMSE。我们评估了TYM和MMSE的灵敏度、特异性和诊断准确性。两张仪器测试推翻了近期建立的临床诊断MCI,阿尔兹海默病(AD)和血管痴呆(VD)的标准。 结果:结果阐明在检查老年痴呆中TYM比MMSE更敏感。TYM在区分健康对照组与患有MCI的试验中较MMSE更好。 结论:我们的数据建议TYM作为一个使用工具对检查早期老年痴呆较MMSE更为适用。
关键词: 测试你的记忆测试,简易精神测试,早期检测,老年痴呆,阿尔兹海默病,轻度认知障碍。
Current Alzheimer Research
Title:The Test Your Memory (TYM) Test Outperforms the MMSE in the Detection of MCI and Dementia
Volume: 14 Issue: 6
关键词: 测试你的记忆测试,简易精神测试,早期检测,老年痴呆,阿尔兹海默病,轻度认知障碍。
摘要: Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and clinical usability of a Dutch translation of the Test Your Memory (TYM) test in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia as compared to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), in the setting of the memory clinic of a general hospital.
Methods: Fourty-two participants referred to the memory clinic with memory problems and fourty-two healthy controls were assessed using the TYM and the MMSE. We evaluated the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of the TYM and MMSE. Both instruments were tested against recently established clinical diagnostic criteria of MCI, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). Results: The TYM demonstrated to be more sensitive in detecting dementia than the MMSE. The TYM also was better at discriminating between healthy controls and patients with MCI than the MMSE. Conclusion: Our data suggest that the TYM is more suitable as a practical tool for the early detection of dementia than the MMSE.Export Options
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The Test Your Memory (TYM) Test Outperforms the MMSE in the Detection of MCI and Dementia, Current Alzheimer Research 2017; 14 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205013666161201202520
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1567205013666161201202520 |
Print ISSN 1567-2050 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5828 |
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