[Beyond the psychometric assessments: the evaluation of patients with Alzheimer's disease].
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative illness. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) and Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) are applied to assess whether a person suffers Alzheimer's disease and determine its severity. There are many confounding factors within those assessments, medical professionals need to bear in mind the pitfalls when evaluating the data and the patient.
Wang
Wen-Fu
WF
Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Wang
Chuan-Ju
CJ
Huang
Yao-Ting
YT
D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D011594:Psychometrics; D014785:Vision, Ocular