title: The usefulness of the story recall test in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The story recall test (SRT) is one of the most reliable neuropsychological assessments for evaluating verbal memory function in order to distinguish between individuals with normal aging, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The SRT is analogous to the logical memory test in Wechsler Memory Scale-III, which has recently been developed and standardized to apply to older adults in Korea. The purpose of this study was to examine the usefulness of the SRT and its ability to discriminate between normal cognitive aging and patients with MCI or AD.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and twelve patients with MCI, 97 patients with AD, and 53 healthy elderly adults participated in this study. The SRT was compared with the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), Korean version of the Mini Mental State Examination (K-MMSE), and the Korean version of the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (K-HVLT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The SRT was well-correlated with the dementia rating scales and the K-HVLT. However, the sensitivity and specificity of the SRT was greatly influenced by the level of education of the subjects.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The SRT is a sensitive measurement of verbal memory function that can be used in clinical settings to discriminate between normal memory functioning and the very early and moderate stages of AD in a Korean population. Moreover, it is important to recognize that the SRT is more appropriate for subjects with a high level of education rather than a low level of education to differentiate normal cognitive aging from MCI or AD.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Neuroscience Center & Neurology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Min J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Hyun J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hui J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Ryu
authors.forename: Seoung H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Seol H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Hae R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Na
authors.forename: Younghee
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Jean Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chey
authors.forename: Sangyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology