Prediction of survival by three psychological measures

Abstract

One hundred and seven elderly female in-patients with confirmed or suspected diagnoses of dementia were assessed by the Paired-Associate Learning Test (PALT), and the Cognitive Assessment Scale (CAS) and Behaviour Rating Scale (BRS) of CAPE. Eighteen months later, 62 patients were still alive. These had significantly better scores on the 'easy' set of PALT and on BRS than the non-survivors; the differences on the 'mediate' and 'hard' sets, and on CAS, while in the predicted direction, were not significant.

Neuropsychological Follow-Up of Parkinsonian Patients with and without Cognitive Impairment

“…Furthermore, the presence of severe cognitive deterioration seems to be accompanied by a decreased life expectancy. This finding is in agreement with other recent studies reporting that dementia in parkinsonian patients alters the prognosis and reduces survival [31][32][33][34], The nat ural history of parkinsonian dementia therefore does not seem to be any different than the history of other forms of progressively disabling degenerative dementia [35].…”

Prediction of survival in dementia by cognitive tests: A six‐year follow‐up

“…The authors of this article (McLaren, Barry, Gamsu & McPherson, 1986) have found that, in an in-patient population of female patients with confirmed or suspected dementia, survival at 18 months was associated with better scores on the ' Easy' version of the Paired-Associate Learning Test (Inglis, 1959) although not with scores on the 'Mediate' or 'Hard' versions or on the Cognitive Assessment Scale of CAPE (Pattie & Gilleard, 1979). The purpose of the study reported here was to extend this earlier finding, employing a different sample.…”

Prediction of survival by the Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly (CAPE)

“…Only at 36-month followup did the scales predict survival of individual patients more efficiently than did base rates.This study concerns the ability of two measures, the cognitive assessment scale (CAS) and the behaviour rating scale (BRS) of CAPE -Clifton Assessment Procedures for the Elderly (Pattie & Gilleard, 1979) to predict survival in elderly patients. Previously, CAS scores have been found to be associated with survival over three years (Gamsu, McLaren, Barry & McPherson, 1990) ; for BRS scores, the association has been demonstrated over 18 months (McLaren, Barry, Gamsu & McPherson, 1986). In these studies, the sample comprised elderly female patients in continuing hospital care with a diagnosis of dementia.…”