title: [Usefulness and validity of the abbreviated Amsterdam Dementia Screening Test (ADS3) in nursing homes].
abstract: In this explorative study, 20 demented and 20 non-demented elderly adults were tested with the Amsterdam Dementia Screening test (ADS3) and the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R). Subjects were recruited from a nursing home. The ADS3 appeared to be a feasible instrument for the patient groups investigated here: 87.5% of the demented and non-demented patients were classified correctly. A combination of the ADS3 and the WMS-R led to a correct prediction of 97.5% of the individuals in the two groups investigated. Education appeared to have an effect on performance on the ADS3, whereas age and gender did not. As expected, a strong linear relationship between the ADS3 and the WMS-R was found. However, since data about reliability, validity and norms of the WMS-R are still under investigation, definite conclusions about the concurrent validity cannot be made yet.
authors.affiliation: Verpleeghuis De Weerde Eindhoven.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van der Pol-Vetten
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Liem
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: Bruikbaarheid en validiteit van de verkorte Amsterdamse Dementie-screeningstest (ADS3) in het verpleeghuis.