Validity and reliability of the screening test for Alzheimer's disease with proverbs (STADP) for the elderly.
The prevalence Alzheimer's disease with age compromises memory, language, executive functions, constructive praxis and abstraction, requiring early evaluation with standardized tests.


OBJECTIVE
To validate the Screening Test for Alzheimer's Disease with Proverbs (STADP), elaborated using pieces from the proverb memory game.


METHODS
The test contains three stages (A: short-term memory, B: executive functions and language and C: episodic memory). The sample consisted of 91 elderly individuals with minimum age of 60 years and one year of schooling, CDR of one or zero, cared for at specialized services of UFPE, HGA and private institutions. Sociodemographic data, habits and health perception were assessed. Among the tests used were MMSE (convergent validity) and GDS (discriminating).


RESULTS
A good correlation with standardized test was found, acceptable internal consistency (0.71), cutoff point for schooling of 6.49 (low) (80% and 77.8%) and 8.66 (high) (84.6% and 86.1%); Kappa coefficient of 1 (p=0.000) inter-rater consistency.


CONCLUSIONS
STADP is a valid test for screening Alzheimer's disease.
Postgraduate Program of Health Sciences, Center for Health Sciences, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil.
Mauricéa Tabosa Ferreira
MT
Santos
Everton Botelho
EB
Sougey
João Carlos
JC
Alchieri
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results