Clinical evaluation of the ICD-10 criteria for vascular dementia.
The clinical feasibility of the ICD-10 criteria for subtypes of vascular dementia were examined in an investigation of 61 demented patients (74.4, SD 8.2 years) showing CT appearances of vascular lesions. Only 15 cases (24.6%) fulfilled the ICD-10 criteria of vascular dementia. Of these cases, 66.6% could adequately be classified in subtypes. The most frequent types of vascular dementia were multi-infarct dementia and subcortical vascular dementia. Our findings suggest that the ICD-10 criteria of vascular dementia are more selective than the classical 'ischaemic scales'.
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Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Lübeck, Germany.
Kanitz
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Borgis
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D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015140:Dementia, Vascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed