OBJECTIVE To determine the accuracy of the Mini-Mental State Examination combined with the Verbal Fluency Test and Clock Drawing Test for the identification of patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHOD These tests were used to evaluate cognitive function in 247 older adults. Subjects were divided into three groups according to their cognitive state: mild cog...

BACKGROUND Drawing, and the clock drawing task in particular, is widely used as a diagnostic tool in the study of hemispatial neglect. It is generally assumed that the errors in graphic production, such as the misplacement of numbers, reflect a visuospatial deficit, and that drawing production itself (for example, producing the circle) is unimpaired. OBJECTIVES To test this assumption by exam...

Background Previous studies suggest the usefulness of CDT in distinguishing between neurodegenerative diseases. The purpose this study was to examine differences performance individuals with AD and PD compared normal controls. Methods Total 194 participants. Four groups included analysis: patients that met diagnostic criteria for late MCI/mild AD, moderate no cognitive impairment, All participa...

Abstract Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, a leading cause of disability among older adults, has become critical public health concern. The clock-drawing test (CDT), which asks subjects to draw clock, typically with hands showing 11:10, been widely used as screening tool detect dementia in clinical research surveys. clock-drawings are often coded into binary (e.g., normal vs. abnormal)...

Saat çizme testi [SÇT], yürütücü i?levleri, motor planlama becerisini ve görsel uzamsal becerileri inceleyen nöropsikolojik bir de?erlendirme arac?d?r. Görgül çal??malar, SÇT'nin genel bili?sel i?lev düzeyini iyi yordayan geçerli güvenilir araç oldu?unu göstermektedir. Ek olarak, klinik çal??malar becerilerdeki bozulman?n göstergesi oldu?una i?aret etmi?tir. SÇT, yeti?kinlerin ya?l?lar?n yetene...