碩士 / 中原大學 / 心理學研究所 / 94 / The present study compared the performance of 20 patients (CDR=1) of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) with 34 very mild dementia participants (CDR=0.5) and 30 normal control participants (CDR=0) on three verbal memory subtests in the Chinese Version of the Wechsler Memory Scale-III, including Logical Memory, Verbal Paired Associates, and Word List Learning. The researcher also used other cognitive tests that were commonly used in Taiwan in order to find out which non-memory tests have the most discriminative power for the diagnosis of dementia. Results revealed that in memory tests, the Auditory Delayed Index of the Weschler Memory Scale, which was calculated by the results of Logical Memory II and Verbal Paired Associates II, was the most predictive variable in differentiation between AD patients and normal participants. For early detection of dementia, Logical Memory subtest was found to be the best predictor for very mild dementia. In other cognitive functions, tests related to language and executive function had the most predictive value in differentiation between AD patient and normal control, such as Category Fluency, Proverbs, and Three-Dimensional Block Construction. The results of the present study provided clinical evidence for the application of the Weschler Memory Scale-III (Chinese Version) and recommendations for further study in Taiwan were also suggested.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/094CYCU5071006 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Fang-Hsien Chu, 朱芳嫻 |
| Contributors | Wei-Cheong Tam, 譚偉象 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 75 |
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