Wais Performance of Neurologically Impaired Aged

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ID13670751
AuthorsFrancisco I Perez (Baylor College of Medicine, corresponding author), Joe R A Gay (Baylor College of Medicine), Ronald L Taylor (Baylor College of Medicine)
Year1975
Volume37
Issue3_suppl
Pages1043-1047
Publication date1975-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1975.37.3f.1043
PMID1208720
OpenAlexW2066721026
LanguageEN
References cited4

The present study investigated the performance of patients with multi-infarct dementia, dementia due to Alzheimer's disease and vertebrobasilar insufficiency with dementia using the WAIS. Forty-two patients ranging in age from 45 to 85 yr. ( M, 66) were included. Significant differences in cognitive and intellectual performance were found between patients with dementia due to vertebrobasilar insufficiency and multiple-infarctions versus neuronal atrophy of the Alzheimer type. The group with Alzheimer's disease performed significantly and consistently lower on all measures. There were no significant differences between the two cerebrovascular disease groups, even though the multi-infarct dementia group performed consistently more poorly than the vertebrobasilar insufficiency group. A discriminant function analysis classified 74% of the patients correctly based on the individual WAIS scores. A step-wise regression analysis ranked Block Design and Similarities as the best discriminators

Alzheimer's disease · Atrophy · Audiology · Cardiology · Cognition · Dementia · Discriminant function analysis · Disease · Psychiatry · Vascular dementia · Vertebrobasilar insufficiency · Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale · Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Surgery

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