title: Discriminant analysis of WAIS results in different types of dementia and depressed patients.
abstract: A Multivariate Analysis of Covariance and Discriminant Analysis were carried out on complete WAIS profiles obtained from three groups of demented patients: Multi-Infarct Dementia patients, Senile Dementia of Alzheimer Type patients, and Alcoholic Dementia patients. A group of middle-aged Depressed patients was also included. WAIS did not differentiate among dementias, but Picture Completion and Block Design subtests proved to be effective in differentiating dementia from depression.
authors: Department of Neurology, University of Parma, Italy.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Mazzucchi
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Capitani
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Poletti
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Posteraro
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Bocelli
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Campari
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Parma
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales