The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia

1982/09/01 by ‌Barry Reisberg, Steven H. Ferris, Mony J. de Leon +1 · 5,030 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Medicine · Psychology · #Cartography #Dementia #Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research #Disease #Frailty in Older Adults #Geography #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life #Internal medicine #Medicine #Primary (astronomy) #Psychiatry #Psychology #Scale (ratio)

paper · doi:10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136

published in American Journal of Psychiatry 139(9), 1136-1139 (American Psychiatric Association)

openalex publication_date 1982/09/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Cognitive decline associated with old age and consistent with the diagnosis of primary degenerative dementia is a unique clinical syndrome with characteristic phenomena and progression. The authors describe a Global Deterioration Scale for the assessment of primary degenerative dementia and delineation of its stages. The authors have used the Global Deterioration Scale successfully for more than 5 years and have validated it against behavioral, neuroanatomic, and neurophysiologic measures in patients with primary degenerative dementia.

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