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The Global Deterioration Scale for assessment of primary degenerative dementia

1982/09/01 by ‌Barry Reisberg, Steven H. Ferris, Mony J. de Leon +1 · 41 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Medicine · #Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life #Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research #Frailty in Older Adults

paper · doi:10.1176/ajp.139.9.1136

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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