Assessment of Dementia in a Clinical Sample of Persons with Intellectual Disability

Autor/inn/en	Rösner, Peggy; Berger, Justus; Tarasova, Daria; Birkner, Joana; Kaiser, Heika; Diefenbacher, Albert; Sappok, Tanja
Titel	Assessment of Dementia in a Clinical Sample of Persons with Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 34 (2021) 6, S.1618-1629 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Rösner, Peggy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12913
Schlagwörter	Clinical Diagnosis; Dementia; Intellectual Disability; Diagnostic Tests; Questionnaires; Learning Disabilities; Scores; Cognitive Processes; Test Validity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Demenz; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Fragebogen; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Testvalidität
Abstract	Background: Assessment of age-associated disorders has become increasingly important. Methods: In a clinical setting, people with intellectual disability with and without dementia were assessed retrospectively using the Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) and the Dementia Questionnaire for People with Learning Disabilities (DLD) at two different times to analyse neuropsychological changes and diagnostic validity. One group (n = 44) was assessed with both instruments, while the DLD was applied in 71 patients. Results: In the NTB (n = 44), only patients with dementia (n = 26) showed a decline in the NTB total score and three subscales. Receiver operating characteristic analysis revealed a diagnostic sensitivity of 0.67, a specificity of 0.81, and an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.767. In the DLD group (n = 71), only those with dementia displayed a decrease in the cognitive and social scale; diagnostic sensitivity and specificity values were low (0.61/0.63) and the AUC was 0.704. Conclusions: Neuropsychological assessment was sensitive to detect cognitive changes over time. Sensitivity values of both instruments suggest a reassessment at a later time point. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01