Performance on the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised for patients with mild traumatic brain injury and mild dementia.
The purpose of this study was to delineate significant differences among mild traumatic brain-injured and early onset mild dementia patients examined using the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised subtests. In comparison to 12 mild traumatic brain-injured patients, 11 mild dementia patients scored significantly lower on Verbal Paired Associates I and II, Visual Reproduction I and II, and Visual Paired Associates I. Raw score summaries for the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised indicated significantly lower scores on Verbal Memory, Visual Memory, and the over-all composite. General Memory for mild dementia patients in comparison to individuals who sustained a mild traumatic brain injury. Despite equivalent scores on Attention/Concentration, the dementia group did not show significantly lowered delay in memory recall by comparison with mild closed-head injured patients. The study recommends replication with much larger sample sizes to validate the results.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*